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Who does not, at times? "Our efforts to raise our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord may be useless on certain children with specific DNA variants?

If we never question ourselves, we’ll miss the true answers. We catch some of the zeal and heady empowerment of this belief from one of its most vocal proponents, John B. Watson, a well-known psychologist at Johns Hopkins University.

I’m thinking of self-doubt this week because of Paul Newman’s new memoir/biography. It’s 24 degrees today, but the wind chill makes it 6 degrees.

I feel it. We are not sovereign over our children—only God is. It reads something like this: "Christian parenting techniques produce godly children."

Proverbs 22:6 has been widely adopted as both psychological premise and theological promise, despite the widespread recognition that hermeneutically, the Proverbs are not promises from God, but general observations and maxims.

This is a hard place to live. He did not make the task easier, but he made Ezekiel stronger, hardening his forehead "like the hardest stone, harder than flint" (3:8-9).

Ezekiel's response to all this was so encouragingly human, so like myself at times and like many parents I know.

"I'm not one to talk to. Our chances of passing the torch hang more on their DNA than on our own parenting?"

We splutter with good cause. The result is a Christianized version of the cultural myth. Maybe we can help one another here?)

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The Myth of the Perfect Parent

Why the best parenting techniques don't produce Christian children.

My family and I were traveling in Guatemala a few years ago.

I’m working on my book (yes—-still! If even our ability to believe in God is given to us by God, then how much of parenting can we perform on our own? "Observe and learn from winning parents," one writer advises. 22:6).