Pro 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
This verse does not come with a promise that it will always work. It's an observation. I think it's true for the most part. The things parents emphasize the most to their children will be the things they do not depart from. I think that's true, but I think oftentimes parents don't realize how emphasis on a particular point may actually cause the child to diverge from their worldview. For example, apostolics teach a love for truth. I've heard many times an apostolic say I love the truth. But, if the point gets across to the child that the important part is about truth then when the child is older and leaves his parents church he may actually be doing it because he loves the truth (at least in his eyes). Just something to think about
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