Blame-shifting is a pop pastime. Our civilization encourages it, together with parents are oft the scapegoats. But it's a dead end.
Parents who mistreat together with abuse children volition move held accountable past times God (2 Corinthians 5:10), together with God volition comfort together with heal the abused (Psalm 34:18).
But Scripture never encourages us to blame-shift our adult sins on others.(1)
A skillful biblical event is Eli who refused to dependent his sons (1 Samuel 2; 1 Samuel 3:11-14; 1 Samuel 4).
Many modern parents are next Eli’s event past times overindulging their children.
God held Eli accountable for his permissive parenting. But God held Eli's evil sons accountable for their sins (Ezekiel 18:20).
The sins of the parents touching on their children, simply sin is ever a personal choice (Ezekiel 18).
No affair how badly our parents treated us when nosotros were growing up, God tin give us wisdom together with strength to alive godly lives equally adults (1 Corinthians 10:13). If nosotros select to sin, nosotros bring no 1 to blame simply ourselves.
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(1) Please authorities notation that we are talking close adults who blame their sins on bad parenting. An under-aged kid is non responsible for the abuse he receives, nor is he responsible if he is forced by his parents to create something incorrect .
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