The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle; they did not keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law. They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them. —Psalm 78:9 NIV
…what we have heard and known, what our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation… —Psalm 78:3-4a NIV
Parents are God’s intended
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“These commandments that I give to you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children.” —Deuteronomy 6:6-7a NIV
The influence of parents on children while they still live at home–including their influence on their religious identities, beliefs, and practices–is paramount, lasting for years, decades, often lifetimes. The best general predictor of what any American is like religiously, after comparing all of the other possible variables and factors, is what their parents were like religiously when they were growing up. —Christian Smith
He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which He commanded our ancestors to teach their children, so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children. Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget His deeds but would keep His commands. —Psalm 78:5-7 NIV
Parents are to focus on their spiritual
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“You can teach your children what you know, but you’ll reproduce in them what you are.” —John Maxwell