"The child grows in wisdom and also in stature. Learning and doing become priorities to be addressed.
"There
are those who dismiss these responsibilities, feeling they can be
deferred until the child grows up. Not so, the evidence reveals. Prime
time for teaching is fleeting. Opportunities are perishable. The parent
who procrastinates the pursuit of his responsibility as a teacher may,
in years to come, gain bitter insight into Whittier’s expression: “Of
all sad words of tongue or pen, / The saddest are these: ‘It might have been!’ ”President Thomas S. Monson, "Teach the Children," General Conference October 1997
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