Observe here, 1. To the praise of good children, that they are the joy
of their parents, who ought to have joy of them, having taken so much
care and pains about them. And it adds much to the satisfaction of
those that are good if they have reason to think that they have been a
comfort to their parents in their declining years, when evil days come.
2. To the shame of wicked children, that by their wickedness they put
contempt upon their parents, slight their authority, and make an ill
requital for their kindness: A foolish son despises his mother, that
had most sorrow with him and perhaps had too much indulged him, which
makes his sin in despising her the more sinful and her sorrow the more
sorrowful.