You, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4
A bishop then must be blameless, . . . one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence. 1 Timothy 3:2, 4
Make known these words to all your children and to your wife, who is to be your sister. Hermas (c. 150, W) 2.11
Some fathers have approached the trial [of martyrdom] on behalf of all their family, protecting their wife, children, and their whole family by themselves undergoing the danger. Cyprian (c. 250, W), 5.330
You fathers, educate your children in the Lord. Bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. . . . Do not be afraid to reprove them and to teach them wisdom with severity. For your corrections will not kill them; rather, they will preserve them. . . . When they reach an age appropriate for marriage, join them in wedlock. Apostolic Constitutions (compiled c. 390, E), 7.435, 436