Stealing needles when I was a child and stealing gold when I grew up means doing small things like stealing needles and threads when I was a child. If parents do not correct, guide and educate, it will encourage children to steal. When they grow up, they will not only steal small things like needles and threads, but also steal gold. This gold is not gold, but also money and valuables. This moral also tells us that we must correct the wrong behavior in time, otherwise it will cause great disaster in the future. Therefore, only ① and ③ of the following serial number options are correct, that is, the answer is A, and the other two answers have the opposite meaning and cannot be selected.