How Often We See Parents Demand Obedience, Good Behavior, Kind Words, Pleasant Looks, A Sweet Voice And A Bright Eye From A Child Or Children When They Themselves Are Full Of Bitterness And Scolding!

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do. We should set them an example that we wish them to imitate. Do we realize this? How often we see parents demand obedience, good behavior, kind words, pleasant looks, a sweet voice and a bright eye from a child or children when they themselves are full of bitterness and scolding! How inconsistent and unreasonable this is! (DBY, 208).

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young, (1997), 170–76