My mama said I could be anything I wanted to be, so long as I was willing to pay the price to get there. I was fortunate to have parents who did not believe in limiting their children's potential. I knew I could be an astronaut if I wanted to be, or a pharmacist, or a missionary. That lesson came with a healthy dose of responsibility, however. My mama said it was up to me to study my lessons and work hard and make something of myself, and that was all I needed to know about that.
Sin has consequences.
My mama said that when you do something wrong, there is a price to pay. Corporal punishment was rare at our house, but effective when applied. Extra chores were more commonly assigned and equally efficient. An important aspect of this lesson involved a respect for other authorities, including schoolteachers. I knew that, if I got in trouble at school, my parents would not come and yell at the teacher.