heart of anger (book quote 7)

From The Heart of Anger, by Lou Priolo...

The goal of all this training in righteousness is to develop within your child the ability and desire to bring captive every thought to the obedience of Christ (1 Cor. 10:5).  As your child learns to speak the truth in his heart (Psalm 15:2) as a matter of habit, he will gain more control over his spirit (Prov. 25:28, 16:32).  In Romans 12:2 Paul explains that a Christian is totally transformed by the renewing of his mind.  The process whereby this spiritual metamorphosis occurs takes place largely beneath the surface in the heart of each believer.  You have not done enough if you simply teach your child simply how to behave as a Christian.  Your responsibility as a Christian parent is to teach your child how to think and be motivated as a Christian, for only thereby can change in behavior be efficacious to the glory of God (p. 95, some emphases mine).