[Helmer:] Almost everyone who has gone to the bad early in life has had a deceitful mother.

Nora: Why do you only say—mother?

Helmer: It seems most commonly to be the mother's influence, though naturally a bad father's would have the same result. Every lawyer is familiar with the fact. This Krogstad, now, has been persistently poisoning his own children with lies and dissimulation; that is why I say he has lost all moral character. [Holds out his hands to her.] That is why my sweet little Nora must promise me not to plead his cause. . . . I assure you it would be quite impossible for me to work with him; I literally feel physically ill when I am in the company of such people.

–A Doll’s House,
Henrik Ibsen

Which statement is the best inference about Torvald’s character, based on this passage?

THIS IS THE ANSWER!!!
Torvald believes that parents have a great impact on how successful their children’s lives will be.