Sabbathkeeping children may become impatient of restraint, and think their parents too strict; hard feelings may even arise in their hearts, and discontented, unhappy thoughts may be cherished by them against those who are working for their present and their future and eternal good. But if life shall be spared a few years, they will bless their parents for that strict care and faithful watchfulness over them in their years of inexperience. Parents should explain and simplify the plan of salvation to their children that their young minds may comprehend it. Children of eight, ten, or twelve years are old enough to be addressed on the subject of personal religion. Do not teach your children with reference to some future period when they shall be old enough to repent and believe the truth. If properly instructed, very young children may have correct views of their state as sinners and of the way of salvation through Christ. Ministers are generally too indifferent to the salvation of childr…
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
The EGW passage directly addresses the importance of training children in righteousness, echoing the principle found in Proverbs 22:6.
"And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord."
The EGW passage discusses parental responsibility in raising children, particularly in the context of Sabbath observance. This aligns with the principle in Ephesians 6:4, which advises fathers not to provoke their children but to nurture them in the Lord.
"Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby."
Both passages discuss the difficulty of accepting discipline and the eventual benefits that come from it. The EGW passage focuses on parental discipline, while Hebrews 12:11 speaks more generally about chastening. The connection is thematic, but not a direct principle.