A Prayer for Children

O Heavenly Father, who commandest us to obey, love, respect, and honour our parents, grant that I may always comply with this thy command, be always faithful in the performance of all it enjoins, and never do anything contrary thereunto. May I ever deny myself in all lawful things to please my parents, and obey them in all they can justly require or expect from me. Let me never contradict them, or so dispute against their proposals as to make them uneasy. May I always consult with them in all that belongs to them and me; may I never hearken to those who suggest the undervaluing or neglecting my parents' advice; may I never grieve them by following ill counsel, wicked company, or any evil ways. May I always study to be their comfort, and so make some recompense for all the care, trouble, and love they have had for me; may I never show any impatience at their infirmities, much less mock at any weakness to which they are subject. Direct me, O God, in every thing belonging to my duty; and let no change of circumstances draw me from it; may I in no lawful thing whatever offend my parents on earth, nor displease thee, my Father, who art in heaven. Amen.