Friends? Who needs them! The Watchtower ["Big Brother"] is your Friend now!
"Any recreation [Jehovah's Witness children] take outside of school should not be with worldly [non-Jehovah's Witness] youths." (The Watchtower September 1st 1964 Issue, Page 535)
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"The ideal situation is for parents to have such a fine program outlined for their children that little or no time remains for outside associations. Being with the family or other [Jehovah's Witness] Christians becomes so interesting and absorbing that other associations do not become a temptation. But if they do, then parents should take time to make clear to the child the Bible's viewpoint on the matter; at the same time they should firmly exercise needed control." (The Watchtower February 1st 1974 Issue, Page 93)
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"To keep separate from the world while in school, young Witnesses should consider the dangers of becoming involved in extracurricular activities. Though classmates and teachers may not always understand your decision of nonparticipation, pleasing God is what counts. This requires exercising a Bible Trained conscience and standing firm in the resolve not to become involved in worldly competition or nationalistic practices that violate Bible principles." (Organized to Accomplish Our Ministry Book, 1983 Edition, Page 133)
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I thought I'd throw in a few other Watchtower Quotes about Children:
"In that day of accounting, young children will be dealt with justly according to Jehovah's assessment of their roots, their parents, who have oversight of these children. Wicked parents will have no posterity to perpetuate their wicked ways." (The Watchtower April 15th 1995 Issue)
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"[Jehovah's Witness parents] know that if they violate God's law on blood and the child dies in the process, they have endangered that child's opportunity for everlasting life in God's new world." (Blood, Medecine, and the Law of God, Page 54)
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"There is no reasonable or scriptural injunction to bring children into the world before Armageddon, where we are now." (The Watchtower November 1st 1938 Issue, Page 324)
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"A great crowd of [Jehovah's Witness] people are confidant that great destruction is imminent, which has been a major factor in their decision not to have children." (Awake! November 8th 1974 Issue, Page 11)
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