While parents have a weighty responsibility to raise their children in “the discipline and mental - regulating of Jehovah, ” the final decision as to what a child will grow up to become rests with the child himself.
مِمَّا لَا شَكَّ فِيهِ أَنَّ ٱلْوَالِدِينَ سَيَبْذُلُونَ قُصَارَى جُهْدِهِمْ لِتَقْوِيمِ ٱلسَّهْمِ ٱلْمُلْتَوِي ،‏ إِذَا جَازَ ٱلتَّعْبِيرُ ،‏ وَذلِكَ بِٱلسَّعْيِ إِلَى تَقْوِيمِ طَرِيقَةِ تَفْكِيرِ ٱلْوَلَدِ ٱلْخَاطِئَةِ .‏