Parents as educators

"One must work hard for the child, but this work is blessed, bright, and joyful. It seems to me that each of us understands this. I just wanted to share with parents the experience of upbringing that Christianity has accumulated over many centuries." - Archpriest Vladimir Bashkirov. "It will be enough for you if you take care to raise your children in the fear of God, instill in them an Orthodox understanding, and with well-intentioned instructions shield them from concepts alien to the Orthodox Church." - Venerable Ambrose of Optina. "Give your children a good upbringing in terms of morality, and when they are worthy and it is beneficial for them, God is powerful enough to enrich them or give them what is necessary and sufficient." - Venerable Macarius of Optina. 2nd edition.