Our children are inseparably in the world. This is inevitable. This is where parents go wrong. Christian parents try to keep their children from the world, while being ignorant of that which they are actually avoiding. Thinking their children are safe in their middle-class suburban neighborhoods, the children remain in grave spiritual danger.
Parents have a two-fold task.
First, parents must learn the sinful patterns of this world. One cannot resist cultural idolatries unless one has learned to identify them. Ah, here's the rub. Second, parents are to help their children think differently from the world. Behavior is based on beliefs.