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The home is the first and most effective place to learn the lessons of life: truth, honor, virtue, self control, the value of education, honest work, and the purpose and privilege of life. Nothing can take the place of home in rearing and teaching children, and no other success can compensate for failure in the home.

— David on Self-control

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The home is the first and most effective place to learn the lessons of life: truth, honor, virtue, self control, the value of education, honest work, and the purpose and privilege of life. Nothing can take the place of home in rearing and teaching children, and no other success can compensate for failure in the home." in the context of "David O. McKay, in Mormon Parenting Secrets: Time-Tested Methods for Raising Exceptional Children, p. 11" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About David

King David (d. ca. 961 BC) was according to the Hebrew Bible, the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel.