Parents are to ____ and ____ their children.

• A. Nurture
• B. Admonish
• C. Nurture; admonish
• D. Guide

Answer: (C)

The idea being tested is the dual role of parents to nurture and admonish their children. In biblical parenting, to nurture means to raise children in faith and character—providing care, teaching, and supportive growth. Admonish carries the sense of instruction and correction—warning against wrong paths and guiding them toward what is right in the Lord. Together, these two actions capture a balanced approach: care and development alongside appropriate correction and instruction.

That is why the phrase uses both: nurture and admonish. Nurture alone would miss the corrective, morally formative aspect; admonish alone would lack the ongoing, supportive cultivation. The option with a single verb like guide isn’t the established pairing, and the combined form precisely reflects the customary biblical expression.