2 of my three kids have turned their backs on Christ. Knowing now that the world they grew up in was so vastly different than mine of the 1970s, I would have adapted my parenting accordingly. I used the parenting model of my parents where our faith was supported in our local culture and in college. It’s a greater fight than I knew - We were involved in a local church and walked the Christian path as a family. It just wasn’t enough in today’s broken world.
Not sharing this core belief with two so precious to me is my greatest heartbreak. It grieves me daily.
2 of my three kids have turned their backs on Christ. Knowing now that the world they grew up in was so vastly different than mine of the 1970s, I would have adapted my parenting accordingly. I used the parenting model of my parents where our faith was supported in our local culture and in college. It’s a greater fight than I knew - We were involved in a local church and walked the Christian path as a family. It just wasn’t enough in today’s broken world.
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Speaking as someone who broke herself trying to avoid the culture with homeschooling and a different immersion Christian culture, I must say that it really didn’t work.
Read st Monica..She prayed for years about her wayward son,Augustine...Even non Catholics can learn from her..Never give up on your kids..God has a plan
It's never too late! Kids can rebel but later see the light as they mature. Keep them in your prayers. St. Augustine's mother prayed for her son almost 20 years before he became a Christian -- and eventually even became a doctor of the Catholic Church.