Raising Spiritual Children

Quotes on Raising Children

Over time you will find many helpful quotes on raising children on this page.

Audio Recordings Of Ellen White Articles On Raising Children

Ellen G. White wrote many articles, manuscripts and letters on raising children, to say nothing of speaking many times on the subject, particularly in the latter part of her ministry when God instructed her to help parents correct the way they were raising their children. I have found more than 200 such documents. We will endeavor to record and share some of them.

Mrs. White's Later Sermons And Articles On Discipline and Parenting Children

On this page you will learn Ellen White's counsel on Parenting and disciplining children, given in the later years of her life. From her correspondence with several individuals we know that God instructed her to share messages on raising children. These messages were given between 1910 and 1912. Because other books were being prepared, many of these messages were never formally published. Anyone can access these documents, however, in the "Manuscript and Letters" section of the data base.

The Role of Fathers

Home Duties of Fathers

The Role of Mothers

Words for Mothers

Discipline of Spiritual Children

Unity In Family Government

Use Uniform Consistent Methods

Seek Their Conversion

Teach Children About The Seventh-day Sabbath

Train Your Children

Christian Music And Children

Raise Well-Behaved Children

Raise Responsible Trustworthy Children

Avoid Public Schools

Working With Orphans

A Message With a Sense of Urgency

Recommended Books By Ellen G. White And SDA Authors

Adventist Home - Ellen G. White

This is a wonderful compilation on the Christian home. You can confidently share this book with your friends and neighbors; the message is exceedingly helpful regardless of their religious persuasions.

Child Guidance - Ellen G. White

This is also an excellent book on how to raise children. You will want to read it prior to having children.

Real Home - Vesta Farnsworth

This is a marvelous book on marriage and the family. Ought to be must reading!

You and Your Child - Flora Williams

You will find many practical suggestions AND many stories to help you in teaching lessons to your child. This is an expanded edition.

Notable Scripture

Ephesians 6:4 "And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord."

Notable Quotes

"If you would educate your children to serve God and do good in the world, make the Bible your textbook. Whatever else is taught in the home or at school, the Bible, as the great educator, should stand first. If it is given this place, God is honored, and he will work for you in the conversion of your children."

"There is a rich mine of truth and beauty in this holy book, and parents have themselves to blame if they do not make it intensely interesting to their children."

"Kind words, pleasant looks, a cheerful countenance, throw a charm around the Christian that makes his influence almost irresistible."

"The salvation of children depends very much upon the course pursued by the parents. Children must be restrained, and their passions subdued...."

"It is because the home training is defective that the youth are so unwilling to submit to proper authority."

"I am a mother. I know whereof I speak when I say that youth and children are not only safer but happier under wholesome restraint than when following their own inclinations."

"Parents, your sons and daughters are not properly guarded. They should never be permitted to go and come when they please, without your knowledge and consent."

"The unbounded freedom granted to children at this age has proved the ruin of thousands." —Taken from the Home Missionary, June 1, 1889, par. 1 and 2

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