Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.
“But ye will teach them to walk in
the ways of truth and soberness; ye will teach them to love one
another, and to serve one another.” (Mosiah 4:15)
“Behold I say unto you that this
thing shall ye teach—repentance and baptism unto those who are
accountable and capable of committing sin; yea, teach parents that
they must repent and be baptized, and humble themselves as their
little children, and they shall all be saved with their little
children.” (Moroni 8:10)
“And it came to pass that he did
teach and minister unto the children of the multitude of whom hath
been spoken, and he did loose their tongues, and they did speak unto
their fathers great and marvelous things, even greater than he had
revealed unto the people; and he loosed their tongues that they could
utter.” (3 Nephi 26:14)
“And it shall come to pass afterward,
that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young
men shall see visions” (Joel 2:28)

“Now this Moses plainly taught to the
children of Israel in the wilderness, and sought diligently to
sanctify his people that they might behold the face of God;” (D&C 84:23)
“But if you do not honor me, nor seek to
recover my people Israel, nor teach your children to honor me, nor care for the poor among
you, nor help lighten one another’s burdens, then you have no promise from me and I will
raise up other people who will honor and serve me and give unto them this land, and if
they repent I will abide with them.” (Answer-Covenant, page 12)