It Takes a Village to Raise an Idiot

“Train up a child in the way he should go; when he is old, he will not turn from it.” Proverbs 22:6

We’ve all heard sermons about this passage and we’ve heard thousands of tips on how we can “train” up our children. It seems there are parenting experts on every corner (I do not, by any means, claim to be one...I'm not even a parent). But i wonder, is that the wrong question. I think the more prominent question is "Which way should they go?" We all want our kids to be a four sport All-American, to get straight A’s, to have the lead role in all the school plays, to score a 17 million on their SAT, to get a full ride to college, graduate suma cuma puma, marry the perfect mate, and repeat the cycle...or some variation of ultimate success.

We all want our kids to succeed. There’s nothing wrong with that, but which way should they go? Do you think God promises that "when he is old, he won’t turn from" the way we want our children to go? Perhaps, if we, as parents and teachers, train our children to go in the same way as God desires.