It can not be doubted that education is the father and mother of
opportunity and success in life.
You may know this from your own deficiencies, therefore, give those
belonging to you a chance at opportunity and success by educating them.
You bring helpless beings into the world; you see them growing up amid
modern surroundings that demand education, and it can not be possible
that you will permit them to become weeds in the human garden—useless
incumbrances to be thrown out upon the garbage heap.
It is the right of your children to be educated to fit some sphere in
life. They are yours, and look to you to aid them. Besides, whatever you
do to educate your children must redound to your own advantage.
Some people are jealous because their children know more than their
parents. If your mind runs that way you come within the condemnation:
“He that provideth not for those of his own household hath denied the
faith; he is the companion of the destroyer.”
Think this over and let it sink into your mind.
Your children want things you did not have when you were a child, and
therefore, if the things that were good enough for you are not good
enough for your children, they must go without. You reason like a cheese
that is full of blind mites.
We are progressing far beyond the dreams of your youth, and your
children are tied to the car of progress. You must not only let them go
along with it, but you must help them to keep up with the procession.
They are confronted by opportunities, and you dare not blind their eyes
to them. Education is the only thing that will keep their eyes wide open
to the chances of life.