PARENTS
(See also Childbearing; Children; Child Training; Families; Fathers; Mothers; Stepfamilies; Training)
abandoned: w85 1/15 12
abuse of children: g79 5/8 8-9; g76 7/22 5-11; g73 1/22 30; g73 9/8 29-30; w69 515; g68 11/8 30-31; w65 260; g65 1/8 30; g64 10/8 30; g63 4/8 13-16; g62 8/8 30; g62 9/8 29
ancestor worship: g85 7/22 23-24; gh 49-50; w59 556; g58 9/8 5-7; g56 5/8 25-26; w54 361-363; ms53 9; rm 133
appreciation for: w72 732-734; w71 107; w71 532; yb71 240; w70 419-422, 440-441; yb69 197; w68 324, 355-356; w66 371
appreciation for children: fl 90-92, 94-96; w75 14-15
attitude of children toward: g85 12/22 15-17; w80 12/1 28-30; g80 1/22 20; fl 161-170; yy 73-79; w75 14; w72 117
authority over children: w78 2/1 7; w78 8/15 3; yy 23-24, 57-58; w73 318; ad 312-313, 1417
avoiding share in sins of children: w85 11/15 21
avoiding unfavorable comparisons between children: fl 118-119, 157
battered parents: w83 6/15 6-7; g79 10/8 30
building with fire-resistant materials when teaching children: w84 8/1 8-17
caring for aged parents: w83 7/1 11; w81 1/1 3-7; fl 168-170
child-custody cases: w81 3/1 11; km 7/81 4; yb75 223-224; g70 11/22 12-15; g67 5/22 7; yb63 69; g63 7/22 8-15; yb62 74, 105; g62 7/22 30; g60 11/8 21; g59 3/22 25; g55 8/22 19; g52 1/22 16, 19; g52 10/8 7-8; g51 5/22 3-8, 28; g51 10/22 3-4; g45 12/5 26-28; g41 6/11 20-24
not determine custody on basis of religion of either party: g79 3/22 29-30
children of rich: g78 8/22 31; w77 627
children’s desire to be understood: g83 5/8 20-23; g83 5/22 17-19; fl 151
children spend more time with TV than with: g78 1/22 29
cleaning children’s teeth by: g83 10/22 31
communication with: g85 12/22 15-17
communication with children: w85 3/15 27; w85 8/15 22-23; g85 1/8 6, 8, 10; g85 1/22 17; g83 7/8 17-18; km 12/81 1, 3; w79 4/1 3-4; w78 2/1 7; fl 106, 140-143, 146-160; yy 24-25, 34; g76 1/8 29; w75 314; w74 89-90, 92-93; w74 261-264, 267-272; g74 11/22 21-22; w72 110; w70 433
babies: g85 1/8 6
opportunities for: g85 1/8 6, 8
youths: g85 1/8 8, 10
companionship with children: w79 6/1 17-18; g79 12/22 5-8; w78 2/1 5-6; w78 11/1 24; fl 139; gh 169-170; w74 270-271; g74 2/8 10; g74 7/22 22-23; w73 559-561; g70 4/8 4-5; w69 547-548; g69 11/22 9-12; w67 100; g65 5/8 8-11; g65 7/8 19; g65 9/22 19-21; g65 10/8 11; w64 141-142; w62 461; g62 10/22 17-20; w61 178, 326-327
importance of first three years: g85 7/22 29-30
confidence of children: w73 559; w72 31, 163-164, 259-260; g72 4/8 4; w71 587-592
cooperation between father and mother: fl 106-110; g70 4/8 5-6; w63 492; g60 12/8 12-13; w52 38-42
crisis in child training a basic cause of terrorism (quote): w78 1/15 11
custom of blessing children: w73 447-448
death of children: g85 4/22 6-7; g85 12/22 28; g71 12/8 28
decision making: w82 10/15 19; fl 109
definition: w53 248
disciplining children: w85 8/15 25; tr 174-176; hp 94-95; w79 4/1 4; fl 105-108, 131-145, 155-157; yy 94-95; w75 14-15; g74 2/8 8; g74 4/22 14-15; w73 556-558; w72 739-740; w71 555-556; w71 588-589, 592; w69 560; g69 6/8 6; g69 11/22 12; w68 165-166; w67 743; g67 8/8 27-28; g66 11/8 9-10; w65 206, 644; g65 1/8 8; g65 1/22 4; w64 142, 350, 356, 429, 643-644; g64 2/22 3-4; g64 10/8 22; g64 11/22 10-11; w63 300-301, 490-497, 662; g63 3/8 10; g63 4/8 16; g63 6/22 6-7; g63 9/8 6; g63 10/22 20; w62 211-212, 460, 490, 583-584; g62 7/8 20, 30; g62 8/22 29; w61 175-177; g61 4/8 6; g61 7/8 30; g61 7/22 5-8; g61 12/8 26; w60 80, 406; g60 4/22 19; g60 8/8 21-22; g60 12/8 12-15; w59 551-552; g59 12/22 19; g57 8/8 8-12; w56 305, 309-313, 637; g55 10/8 24; w54 54-62; w52 38-40, 735; el 253-254; w49 28-29; g47 9/22 12; w46 279; g32 8/17 721-722
danger of shaking infants: g84 9/8 30
discussion: g83 2/8 3-12; w82 1/15 12-17; w82 10/15 25-30; fl 97-99, 101-103, 105-113
disobedience to: w84 10/1 5-6; w83 6/15 3-7; w62 490-491; g62 12/22 30; w60 80, 287-288; w59 89; pa 184; yw 59
drugs:
helping children avoid: g81 5/22 10; w78 10/15 24; g74 5/8 3-8; w73 182-187; g72 8/22 30
early training of children: g85 7/22 29-30; w84 8/1 6; g79 11/22 27-28; km 12/79 1-2; fl 90-92, 102-103, 105-108, 114-116, 118-130; w76 616-617; gh 167-171; g75 12/22 30; w74 267-268; g74 2/8 7-8; g73 2/22 17-18; ad 1456; g71 9/8 8-11; g70 4/8 6-7; g70 9/8 7; w67 391-392; w66 453-455; g66 5/8 4; g66 9/22 17-18; g66 11/8 9-10; g65 1/22 3-4; g65 5/8 9-11; yb64 158; w63 491-492; w62 458-459, 479, 489-490; yb62 207, 262; g62 3/8 6-7; g62 12/8 30; w61 172-176, 179-180, 323-324; yb61 140-141; g61 12/8 25; w60 49-50; g60 10/22 28; w59 551-552; w58 428; w57 676; g57 5/22 6-7; w56 305-306, 310; g55 12/8 14-15; w54 54-57; w52 46-48, 382-383, 414-415; el 247-256; w49 29; w46 279-284; g45 11/7 22-23; w41 52-53; ci 265; gt41 7-10; s 337
effect: w77 436
effect on children—
when mother uses tranquilizers: g81 5/22 10
when parents smoke: g76 1/22 29
encouraging children: fl 121-122; g74 1/8 24; w69 567; w68 529
entertainment:
controlling children’s: fl 138-140
governing TV viewing: w77 710
evolution theory: ce 179-180; sj 28; g81 6/22 29; w72 111; w71 41-42
example for children: w85 3/15 26-27; w84 8/1 13-14; km 10/83 2; w82 1/15 14; w82 10/15 30; w78 8/15 3; fl 112, 124-128, 148-149; w76 329; w76 518-519; w74 245; w74 263-264; g74 4/22 15; w73 184-185; w73 451; w72 113-114; w71 370-372; w71 519-520; w71 583, 589; g71 9/8 29; g71 12/8 30; g69 2/22 11; g69 8/8 30; g69 8/22 30-31; w68 82; yb67 194, 205; w66 67; g66 11/8 9-10; w64 139, 142, 273, 430; g64 3/22 10-12; g64 11/22 9-10; w63 496-497; g63 5/22 19-20; w62 459, 465; w61 176-179; g61 4/8 6, 8; g60 10/22 4; g60 11/22 4; g60 12/8 12, 15; g59 7/8 6-7; w56 309-312; w54 50-52, 57; g52 7/22 7; el 255-256; g48 12/22 12; g47 9/22 11-12; w46 281-283; w38 137-138; g31 3/18 396-397
in choosing full-time ministry: g85 12/8 13, 15
in turning off television: w78 1/1 29
parents who were protesters in 1960’s: g85 10/8 29-30
zeal for true worship: w85 7/1 11
experiences:
blood transfusion case (Austria): g72 9/22 17-21
efforts to help a spastic baby appreciate spiritual things: g82 8/8 26-27
game to stimulate interest in meetings: fl 121
mother solves problem of teenage daughter: w82 6/1 27
opposition to truth: w71 369; w71 533; yb71 124-125, 168-169, 195-196, 242-243, 292-293, 309-310; g71 7/22 20; w70 317-318, 521-522; yb70 106-107, 111-112, 123, 155, 184-185, 202, 219-220, 222, 254, 256, 260, 270, 289, 292; g70 1/22 19; g70 5/8 25-26; yb69 148-149, 194, 208-209, 240-241; yb68 118, 150-151; w67 581, 583; yb66 69-70, 93; yb65 195-196, 216; yb64 176; mg63 107
school discussion: g71 3/22 20
training of children: g71 2/22 11
unbelieving parents accept truth: km 5/72 4
failure of worldly guidance: g75 10/8 6
fallacy of permissiveness: w75 71; g71 5/22 30
family Bible studies: km 11/84 3; km 10/83 1-2; km 7/82 1, 3; w78 2/1 6-7
how to report: km 6/83 4
family discussions based on Youth book: km 8/77 1, 4
family merit and family responsibility: su 97; w76 575-576; w72 360-364, 543; w70 82-83; is 95-97; g64 3/22 27-28; g62 3/8 5-8; w60 55; g60 10/22 27-28; w56 593; sr55 215; w52 43, 342-344, 350; w51 286-288; w50 463; w38 133, 313
feeling of teenagers that their parents are overprotective: g84 11/22 15-17
future of children: w83 6/15 19; w75 451-453
giving reasons, not mere commands: w76 617
handling serious wrongdoing of children: w85 8/15 26-27; w85 11/15 21; fl 155-157
helping children learn a useful trade: g80 12/8 13-14
helping hyperactive children: g83 5/8 7-12
hockey playing of children taken too seriously: g78 3/22 31
honor due: w81 10/15 18; w80 9/15 21; hp 91-92; fl 109-110, 161-170; g75 10/22 27-28; g72 3/22 19; ad 1393; g70 9/22 27-28; w67 742; g67 4/8 5-6; w66 573; w64 202; w63 365; w62 212-213, 438-441; g56 5/8 25-26; w55 214; w54 60; rm 133
household chores for children: w80 1/15 29; w80 7/1 19; g80 10/22 6; w78 2/1 4-5; w78 8/1 25; fl 158-159, 165; g71 9/8 8-11; g70 4/8 6; w68 90; g66 9/22 17-20; g65 1/8 8; g65 1/22 4; g64 9/22 6; w63 433-434; w62 583; w61 305; g61 12/8 25; w58 534; g57 8/8 12; w52 41
imparting moral values to children: fl 159-160
Israel (ancient): w71 361-362
penalty for reviling parents: w79 4/15 31
learn by listening to children: w79 4/1 5-9; g75 7/8 30
love for children: w81 10/15 19-20; g81 4/8 6, 9-10; w80 4/15 27-28; g80 10/22 26-28; g79 11/22 27; fl 98-99, 101; w74 269; w74 741; g74 4/22 15-16; g74 7/22 22-23; w72 457; g72 7/22 29; g70 4/8 4; w67 68; w66 548; w65 205-206; w64 429; g64 11/22 8-9; g63 6/22 5-6; g63 8/8 4; w62 457, 583-584; g62 11/8 17-19; g62 12/22 4; w61 177, 189; g61 6/22 4; g61 7/22 7-8; w60 739-740; g60 4/22 19; w59 551-552; w57 181-182; g56 9/8 6; w55 214-215; g55 12/8 14-15; w54 57; g54 8/22 3-4; w52 36-37; el 254; w49 28-29; g49 2/8 25-28; g46 1/2 27-28; g31 4/15 469-471
“me-first” attitude among: g79 4/22 15
motivating children to study: sj 31
needs of teenagers: w79 4/1 5-9; fl 151
neglect of children: w78 11/1 24
not shielding children from congregational discipline: w85 11/15 21
not spoiling grown children: g80 6/8 14
obedience of children: w78 9/1 5-6; fl 162-168; w77 572; yy 74-79; w72 362-364; w72 732-734; ad 1241; te 32-34; g71 3/22 8; w70 149, 154-156, 437-442; g70 9/22 27-28; w68 89-90; w67 742-743; qm 256; w64 147, 249, 494; g64 10/22 5-7; g64 11/22 10-11; w63 123, 433-434, 740; mg63 15; w62 212-213, 489-495; w61 172-173; w60 80; w57 182; w56 310; w55 214; qm55 256; w54 60; w53 408-409
obligations toward—
mentally-retarded children: w63 383-384
slow learners: w67 420
parental apology: fl 127-128; w72 643-644
patience needed: w78 8/1 6; w75 15
playing the role of “toy” to babies: g83 1/22 24
precautions to avoid abduction of children: g84 4/22 6-10
preparation for parenthood: fl 85-89; w60 678, 682-683; g58 5/22 9-12
privilege to have children: g74 11/8 11
proper expectations of children: g85 1/22 15-17; w75 198
proper view of having children live with worldly relatives for material advantage: w82 8/15 30-31; w70 732-735
proposal to allow children to divorce from: g80 2/22 29-30
protecting children from—
delinquency: w82 1/15 14-17; g80 5/22 3-4
influence of world: w85 3/15 25-27; fl 159-160
sexual molestation: g85 1/22 6-10; g85 7/22 26
reading to children: g79 11/22 27-28; fl 116, 118; w77 77; g77 9/8 29
religious training of children: tr 174, 176-177; km 2/79 1, 7-8; w78 2/1 6-7; fl 119-121; gh 166-173; km 7/74 4; w73 532-533, 535-536; w73 553-564; w72 360-361, 363-364; km 1/72 7-8; w71 104-107; w71 170-171; w71 585-586, 599; te 5-6; km 5/71 3-4; w70 293-294; km 11/70 3-4; g69 6/8 5-7; w68 164-166; g68 3/8 3-8; g67 2/22 5-9; w66 572-573; g65 1/22 3-4; w64 138, 273-274, 324, 644; w63 77, 492-495, 529; ln 46; g63 6/22 7; g63 8/22 15; w62 73-74, 205-206, 211-212, 458-460, 464; g62 3/8 5-8; w61 88, 174, 323-324; g61 4/22 27; w60 48-50, 529-530, 735-736; w58 533-534; w56 310-311; w54 52-53; w52 40-42, 382, 735; g47 9/22 11; w41 52-53; s 337-338; w38 134-135
agreement to raise child in false religion before learning truth: w64 324
discipline that is loving: w85 8/15 25
helping them to know God: w84 8/1 16-17
making Jehovah real: w85 8/15 24-25
promoting spiritual nourishment: w85 8/15 23-24
to develop godly devotion: w85 8/15 22-27
respect for: g84 10/22 22; g80 1/22 20; fl 161-170; yy 73-79; w72 732-734; w71 518; ad 1392-1393; w70 153-158; g70 9/22 27
responsibilities toward children: w82 1/15 11-17; w82 10/15 25-30; tr 173-178; g81 4/8 9-12; km 12/81 1, 3-4; hp 93-95; g80 1/22 17-20; km 2/79 1, 7-8; w78 2/1 5-7; w78 11/1 24; fl 90-130, 146-160; w76 703-704; w75 14-15; w75 314; g75 5/8 21; w74 81-94; w74 267-272; g74 2/8 7-11; g74 3/22 9-11; g74 8/22 4-6; g74 12/22 6; w73 553-564; w72 51-52, 109-111, 360, 364; g72 8/8 4; w71 361-362, 367-372; w71 581-592; ad 311-313; g71 3/22 7-8; w70 314-315; g70 4/8 3-7; g69 2/22 9-12; g69 6/8 5-7; w68 80-86, 164-166; g68 2/8 28-29; w67 100, 278; yl 109-110; g67 2/22 11-12; g67 7/22 5-7; g67 11/22 29; w66 572-574; km 2/66 7; km 8/66 3; w65 62, 676; w64 137-143, 273-274; g64 8/22 16; g64 10/22 6; g64 11/22 8-11; w63 433-434, 511; g63 6/22 5-7; g63 7/22 8-15; g63 8/22 15; w62 73, 286, 457-465, 582-583; g62 3/8 6-7; g62 4/8 19; w61 40, 88, 172-184, 307, 326-327; bd 51-55; g61 8/22 23, 29-30; w60 735; g60 8/8 20-23; w59 551; w57 676; w56 304-317; w53 446; w52 343; w49 27-30; w45 346; w41 52-53; ci 257-283; w38 118-122, 132
helping them to serve God: km 11/84 3
teaching course of self-sacrifice: w78 8/1 25
responsibility for conduct of children: g67 8/22 3-4; w66 574; g66 1/22 18-19; g65 6/22 30; g64 3/22 8-12
reporting children’s immorality: w85 11/15 21; g63 5/22 19-20; w58 219
required to pay for vandalism committed by their children: g78 3/22 30
rights: g85 11/8 25; w72 359; g70 9/22 29; g68 3/8 21-22; g67 5/22 4-11
right to refuse certain medical treatment for their children: g84 7/8 3, 5-18
safe degree of independence for children: fl 151-155
school:
cooperation of Witness parents with the school system: sj 30-31
helping their children keep integrity in: km 9/85 3
interest in what is going on at their children’s school: g85 9/22 10, 30; g82 5/8 19-20
stimulating children’s interest in schoolwork: g78 1/8 14-15
suggestions for success in: g85 9/22 10
sex education for children: w83 3/15 27; fl 122-124; g74 2/8 9; g74 4/22 13-14; w71 589; g70 5/22 3-9, 30-31; g65 6/8 16-19; g65 7/8 16-19; w64 140-141, 430; w61 179-181, 285; g61 5/22 12; w60 679; w57 676; w56 316-317; g51 2/22 9; g48 12/8 9-10
during teenage years: w81 11/1 14-20; fl 150-151
single-parent families: g81 2/22 16-19
coping with loneliness: w80 9/15 16-17
coping with sexual desires: w80 9/15 17-19
discussion: w80 9/15 15-26; g80 10/22 25-28
help from the congregation: w80 9/15 21-26
stepparents: g85 4/8 20-22; g85 4/22 14-16; w84 10/15 21-25
supervision of children’s associations and activities: w82 1/15 14-15; g79 12/22 11; fl 153-155; w74 93-94; w68 165-166; w67 765; w66 67, 703; w65 31; g65 3/22 18; g65 8/8 3; w64 139-141; yb64 127, 154; g64 2/22 11; g64 11/22 11; w63 475; g63 5/22 18; g63 9/8 19; g63 10/22 20; w62 206-207, 458-461, 464, 584; g62 10/22 17-20; g62 12/22 30; w61 181-184, 326-327, 484; g61 8/22 23; g61 9/8 29; w60 406; g60 12/8 28; g59 5/8 23; g57 7/22 16; g57 12/22 15; w56 306-307; w52 42, 45-46; g49 8/22 21-23
what their children read: g84 10/22 12-14
survey as to whether parents or peers are the strongest force for religious orientation of children: w83 10/15 27
teaching proper habits and attitudes to children: w78 10/15 9-10; fl 148-149, 157-159; g77 8/8 16-20; g75 6/8 14-16; w74 267-272; g74 2/8 7-11; g74 4/22 13-16; w73 184-185; w73 556, 562; g73 8/8 31; w72 452; g71 7/22 26; w70 551; g70 5/8 6-8; w69 429, 452; g69 9/8 29-30; w68 183, 363; qm 256; g67 8/8 27-28; g67 10/22 10; g66 1/22 19; g66 8/22 16; g66 9/22 17-20; g66 11/8 9-11; g65 1/22 3; g65 5/8 11; g65 6/22 14; w64 273-274; g64 11/22 9-10; w63 433-434, 492-500; mg63 32; w62 582-583; g62 12/22 4; w61 174-175; g61 6/8 4; w60 406, 735-736; g60 12/8 15; g59 5/8 23; w58 595; g58 10/8 24; g57 5/22 7-8; w56 310-311; w55 214-215; qm55 256; w54 358-360; w53 409; w52 40, 415; g48 12/22 12; w46 279
time with children: fl 106-107; w75 15; w74 270-271
toys’ value for children: g71 1/8 9-12
training children for the ministry: km 7/84 1; km 6/82 4; w81 10/15 22-23; km 7/81 1, 3
witnessing with children: km 12/77 1, 4
unbelieving: km 5/72 4; g70 9/22 28; w68 183; w62 212-213; w60 721-722, 735-736; w53 409
use of baby-sitters: g64 11/22 9; g63 6/22 6; g58 12/8 21-23; g49 8/22 21-23
use of viewpoint questions to reach heart of children: w84 8/1 14-15
when children grow up and leave home: g83 2/8 3-12; fl 171-180