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Christians: Do you feel sometimes that "good people" are not always good parents?
Parents can be faithful to God in all they do, but they fail miserably in giving their children the needed disciple, guidance and instruction. We like to think that if people are righteous and good, that their children will be also. A relationship with God doesn't work that way. Children cannot inherit righteousness. As parents, all you can do is "train up a child in the way he should go". (Proverbs 22:6). Teach your children , right from wrong. You've done your part.
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- Cassie77Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Proverbs is right. It is so, so difficult being a parent, I have been one and I know. I have known several ministers who had wild kids. Even the best parents make mistakes and the children have to handle some of the responsibility of growing up. It is easy for the kids to blame their parents. My parents made mistakes, I made mistakes and everything tends to work out, more or less.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Righteous people don't necessarily make righteous children, that much is true. Then again, self-loathing oppressed parents usually make self-loathing oppressed children, that much is also true.
