The knowledge that we, too, are sinners should make us more understanding and more compassionate toward our erring children.

In acknowledging that our children are sinners, we must reckon with the seriousness of sin. Sin must be dealt with. As parents, we must maintain a precarious balance between seeing sin as sin and yet being gracious in dealing with it. The delicate balance we seek is that of God Himself.

Joel R. Beeke, Parenting by God’s Promises, 16.