Mind, Character and Personality, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

fruitfulness.—Prophets and Kings, 233 (1917).
Defective Characters Sometimes
Inherited.—There are all kinds of characters to
deal with in the children and youth, and their minds
are impressionable. Many of the children who
attend our schools have not had proper training at
home. Some have been left to do as they pleased;
others have been found fault with and discouraged.
Very little pleasantness and cheerfulness have been
shown them; few words of approval have been
spoken to them. They have inherited the defective
characters of their parents, and the discipline of the
home has been no help in the formation of right
character.—Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and
Students, 192 (1913).
Defects Strengthen With Years.—The
children learn lessons that are not easily unlearned.
Whenever they are subjected to unaccustomed
restraint or required to apply themselves to hard
study, they appeal to their injudicious parents for
sympathy and indulgence. Thus a spirit of unrest
and discontent is encouraged, the school as a whole
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