For those of you that like to read articles. "BEYOND OBEDIENCE Raising Children who Love God and Others Adapted from chapter 15 of Child Training Tips, Expanded Edition " http://familyministries.com/beyond_obedience.htm Sherry
The Troubling Thing From the article above THE TROUBLING THING Many parents grasp the importance of raising obedient, respectful children, but fail to understand the significance of raising them to be lovers of God and others. They assume that a self-governing child, raised in the Christian faith, will automatically grow to spiritual maturity as they grow in physical and mental maturity. However, such parents often discover that when their children reach adulthood, they may not continue in the morality or faith which their parents sought to give them. Even more frightening, some parents are content with the results of their parenting, but shouldn’t be. They are satisfied that their children have grown up and remain active in the church, but these grownup children lack the most important Christian virtue – love
