Two young people were involved in an automobile accident which took the life of the boy and very seriously injured the girl. Both were high school students. Investigation showed that both had been drinking at the time of the wreck.

The girl’s father flew into a rage upon hearing of the drinking. "Just let me get my hands on the person who sold them the liquor and I will kill him," he exclaimed.

It was not until he got hom and went to get a drink that he found that his bottle was missing, and realized where they had gotten the liquor. Now, who was to blame?

A grade school boy was called before the principle with his parents for using profanity on the school ground. The mother was very indignant at "those bad kids from whom he picked up the bad words." It was not until later that day when the father was cursing the lawn mower that wouldn’t start that they realized where their little darling had learned the bad words. Who was to blame?

Instead of going to Bible school, little Johnny slipped off to earn some money caddying at the golf course. His mother was trying to explain to his Bible teacher that she just did not understand why Johnny was not in class that day. She was still explaining it when Johnny’s dad came in to put his golf clubs up from his regular Sunday match. Who was to blame?

The truth is that parents influence their children far more by their own actions than by all the words they can ever say. What is your influence on your children? (1971)