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Roman Catechism
Duties of Parents Towards their Children
As the law of God commands children to honour, obey, and respect their parents so are there reciprocal duties which parents owe to their children. Parents are obliged to bring up their children in the knowledge and practice of religion, and to give them the best rules for the regulation of their lives; so that, instructed and trained in religion, they may serve God holily and constantly. It was thus, as we read, that the parents of Susanna acted. The priest, therefore, should admonish parents to be to their children guides in the virtues of justice, chastity, modesty and holiness.