by CR (126)
The personality of the couple may differ from husband and wife as their children's temperament differ from each other, but this difference is perfectly understandable as long as we take into account the various spiritual levels of evolution, existing within members of the same family.
One of the great human virtues is knowing how to respect the point of view of others and never lose the habit of politeness.
The husband needs to contribute as much effort as his wife, in order to maintain the family unity and togetherness. Every family member should feel proud to share his honourable name.
The moral authority of the parents has the most important and deepest foundations, in the acts and examples of their lives, and this authority will be greater or lesser depending on the degree of sincerity, wisdom and honesty of their conduct.
Whenever they feel the need to guide their children, good parents will set examples in the rectitude of their own conduct. Good parents never let their children acquire vices and addictions and spare no effort to ensure that their own lives will serve as a model of behaviour that their children can mirror, in regard to family commitment, honesty and devotion to work.
Children in turn need to listen to their parents' judicious advice in order to outfit themselves against the risks and dangers to which they will be subjected in the course of their lives
References
[1] Christian Rationalism, 1st Edition, Rio de Janeiro 1984
[2] Compilation, paraphrasing, translation from original texts in Portuguese
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