It is incumbent on parents to provide for the physical needs of their children. But it is even more important for parents to provide their children with the knowledge of God and His ways AND TO MODEL IT/THEM IN THEIR OWN LIVES. Judges 2:7, 10-13 is a very bad commentary on the parenting of the 1st generation of Israelites in the Promised Land. Those who personally witnessed the miracles of God did not pass on that knowledge to their children.
It is true that children must ultimately make their own choice to receive the things of God, but through loving, consistent teaching/modelling of their parents, the children will mostly choose the things of God.
I wish that I could do things over as a parent, so if you have no children yet or they are young, then repent if you must and give your children most - God and His ways.
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