§ 64. Both spouses, through joint efforts, are responsible for the appropriate care and rearing of the children.
§ 65. However, it is mainly the father who has to provide for the cost of feeding the children.
§ 66. As long as the children require it, hygiene and grooming have to be taken care of by the mother or under her supervision.
§ 67. A healthy mother is obliged to breastfeed her child.
§ 68. How long she breastfeeds depends on the father’s decision, however.
§ 69. Should the mother’s or the child’s health suffer from his decision, however, the father has to yield to the verdict of the experts.
§ 70. Until after the child’s fourth year the father cannot remove the child from the mother’s care and supervision against her will.
§ 71. An exception is made if the mother lacks the strength or will to fulfill her obligations.
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2) Regarding child rearing and education.
§ 74. The manner in which the child is to be raised is primarily the father’s decision.
§ 75. First and foremost, he has to ensure that the child receives the proper instruction in religious and useful matters as befits his class and social circumstances.
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3) The rights of parental discipline.
§ 86. The parents are entitled to use all compulsory means unharmful to the child’s health for its education.
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5) The parents’ rights and obligations in choosing a life for their children.
§ 109. Determining the future life of the sons is at the father’s discretion.
§ 110. However, he must take the son’s inclinations, talents, and physical circumstances into primary consideration.
§ 111. Until after his fourteenth year the son has to obey his father’s command though.
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