For those asking how should I raise my kids... a mnemonic aid for you in something so familiar yet comprehensive, you will love it!!
Our Father - sums it all up - He is the ideal we aspire to for a relationship that He Himself inhabits! The model for parent behavior. Also speaks to the fact that you have a similar and eternal relationship with your children.
Forever they will always be - your children. Recognize that and treat them accordingly.
Who art in Heaven - yet we expect our prayer here to reach Him. Relationship and communication go hand and hand. We should ever have a tender ear to the questions and desires of our children, and would desire that they be able to freely communicate their needs with us.
Hallowed be Thy Name - The behavior of children is usually considered to be a product of of their upbringing, and reflects either well or poorly on their parents. ( "Whose kids are those?" ) Similarly, nothing makes parents prouder than seeing their children succeed and being applauded for their efforts. Our Father desires that our efforts bring glory to His Name, and we find it a joy to lay our fruit at his feet. Kids make your parents proud, Honor your father and mother ...
Thy Kingdom come - It's coming. And by eternal standards, it's almost here. That's the government we are going to be in, we should know the expectations of citizenship. Practice and teach kingdom principles to your children and follow them yourselves - love, joy, charity, forgiveness, stewardship - for peace now and hereafter. If you do, then you know it is come in you and your home already....
Thy Will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven - Kids, obedience is big... Obey your parents - because that will help you obey Him! Parents, if you demand obedience, make sure it's to obey the right Law.
Give us this day our daily bread - Provision is very important. A man who does not provide for his children is not well regarded. Children should be able to trust in the, satisfaction of basic and higher needs by their parents as a matter of course, just as we daily depend on practical and spiritual grace from our Father.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those that trespass against us - Parent and child are both going to blow it. It's inevitable. Recognize that and actively ask for forgiveness in those situations and be able to forgive each other, as He forgave us.
Lead us not into temptation - Parents, do not knowingly create situations that may lead to your child having to make a difficult choice, with a potential to err in so doing. Do not provoke them to anger knowing their immaturity.
But deliver us from the evil one - like provision, protection physical, emotional , spiritual - should be expected and ensured of children by their parents.
For thine is the Kingdom, the power and the glory, forever and ever, amen!!!!!!