When Your Child’s LifeStyle Choices Hurt – Guidance for Hurting Parentsਨਮੂਨਾ

1. When Your Adult Child Goes Astray

There’s no denying it anymore. Your child is living in a way that directly contradicts everything you taught them. They don’t just believe differently — they live differently. Their choices are visible, deliberate, and increasingly public. What they post, how they dress, who they associate with, what they celebrate — all of it seems designed to push the boundaries of what you believe is right.

This isn’t quiet rebellion. It’s a lifestyle. One you never imagined would be part of your family. And it’s not hidden. They bring it home. They include it in holidays. They expect you to accept it without question — and any hesitation on your part is seen as rejection.

You raised them to honor God. You taught them what Scripture says. You prayed for them. But now you can only watch as they endorse what God calls sin. Their life is moving in a direction that breaks your heart — not just because it’s different, but because it’s wrong.

You remember these words, but they bring no comfort, only pain:

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it,” – Proverbs 22:6 ESV

So you wonder — did I not do enough? Where did we go wrong?

What’s happening feels like a loss. You’re out of spiritual alignment with your child, and the relationship is suffering too.

Your grief runs deep. You carry it quietly in church, and seldom share with friends, reserving your deepest doubts for prayer.

The gap between what you believe and how they live has become a constant ache — and you aren’t finding any answers.

But there is relief. And there is hope.

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. – Psalm 34:18 NIV

We pray that this short set of readings will bring comfort and wisdom from the Bible to you. Pray for that, then continue tomorrow.