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All the wealthy? Yes, But All for What Legacy!

Reclaiming the Biblical Responsibility of Parents in Education

For centuries, before schools were ever organized into systems and curricula, education was primarily a family responsibility. Life itself was the classroom, and the home was the center of instruction. Aunties taught young girls the rhythms of womanhood. Uncles instructed young men in the meaning of manhood. Boys followed their fathers to the fields, learning through hunting, farming, or raising cattle—not just skills, but wisdom formed in conversation, observation, and shared work. Girls shadowed their mothers, learning to manage households, nurture relationships, and carry the values that sustained family life.

This intergenerational mentorship was more than practical training—it was a legacy of faith, culture, and moral grounding. Parents were not passive observers but the primary teachers and shapers of their children.

Then came the western model of education. Schools introduced subjects and classrooms, which brought undeniable benefits in literacy, numeracy, and access to new opportunities. Yet, alongside those benefits, something precious slipped away. Parents slowly surrendered their authority, their power, and most importantly, their responsibility as the primary educators of their children.

The Subtle Surrender

In our pursuit of paying school fees, chasing better schools, or debating the best curriculum, we often bury the deeper call of parenthood. Education has become outsourced. Children as young as 13 are sent away in boarding schools for most of their teenage years, entrusted to teachers, peers, and screens. By the time they return home, they are strangers—struggling to fit into their family culture, drawing their deepest convictions not from us but from their friends, their teachers, and their phones.

This is not just a social problem; it is a spiritual crisis. Scripture is clear:

• “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” (Eph. 6:4)
• “Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” (Deut. 11:19)

God does not outsource this responsibility. He calls parents—not governments, not schools, not Sunday schools—to be the first and most consistent teachers of their children. When we fail here, we will be held accountable. Education is not neutral; it is always formation. It forms for work, for life, for faith—or for unbelief. The world understands this. That is why secular ideologies are using education to indoctrinate children, shaping their worldview in ways that contradict biblical truth. If parents remain passive, our children will be discipled—but by others.

The Legacy Question

We busy ourselves fighting for legacies—houses, businesses, titles, and influence. Yet the most enduring legacy is not what we build, but who we build. If we are not investing our best time, wisdom, and values into our children, we are fighting for a legacy that will not outlive our death.

Your child’s worldview, their convictions, their faith, and their moral compass will shape generations long after you are gone. The struggle over your child’s education and mentorship is not just a parenting challenge—it is a battlefield for your legacy.

Taking Back the Driver’s Seat

So what must we do? We must take back the primary responsibility. That does not mean rejecting schools, but refusing to let schools or peers become the only voices shaping our children. It means:

• Spending more time with them—educative, intentional time.
• Sacrificing convenience to be present and engaged.
• Mentoring them personally, not leaving the deepest questions of life unanswered.
• Integrating faith into daily life so that our children see that learning and believing go hand in hand.

All education is formation. The question is: what kind of formation is your child receiving?

Conclusion: A Call to Parents

Parents, God has entrusted children to you—not to the state, not to schools, not to technology. He will ask how faithfully you educated, mentored, and discipled them. The world is forming your children, but you are called to transform them through godly wisdom, presence, and intentional teaching.

Let us reclaim the driver’s seat of our children’s education. Let us not give up in defeat, but rise in responsibility. Your greatest legacy will not be in the wealth you accumulate but in the children you raise—children who know the Lord, love truth, and walk in wisdom.

All? Yes. But all for what legacy?