"Mom and Dad, I AM IN HELL"

"Mom and Dad, I AM IN HELL"

The Grave Responsibility of Parents in Their Children’s Sins (Accessory to Children's Sin)

"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." (Proverbs 22:6 - Douay-Rheims)*

 
"He that spareth the rod, hateth his son: but he that loveth him correcteth him betimes."  (Proverbs 13:24 - Douay-Rheims)

Saint John Chrysostom warns:

"The father who neglects to correct his son is more cruel than the murderer; for the murderer only separates the soul from the body, but he who neglects to correct his son delivers up both soul and body to hell.”

Parents who fail to raise their children in the fear of the Lord become accessories to their sins, sharing in their guilt by tolerating evil. They do this by permitting early romantic relationships, allowing and even supporting their children’s involvement in sinful lifestyles such as homosexuality, cohabitation, vanity, and materialism, and failing to teach them the true Catholic faith. Many parents prioritize human success, worldly achievements, and financial stability over their child’s eternal salvation, neglecting prayer, sacraments, and moral discipline.

When parents fight in front of their children, display immodesty, or lack unity in discipline, they confuse and spiritually damage them, making it difficult for them to recognize and follow God’s law. Saint Alphonsus Liguori states: “The greatest evil that can befall a child is to have wicked parents.”

Parents who fail to instruct their children in the faith, tolerate sin, and refuse to offer correction will be held accountable before God. The repercussions of such negligence are severe. God punishes both disobedient children and their parents.

Ephesians 6:1-4 teaches: "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is just... And you, fathers, provoke not your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and correction of the Lord."

When children are left without moral guidance, they become enslaved to sin, suffer emotional and spiritual damage, and may ultimately lose their souls. Parents, in turn, will face divine justice for failing to fulfill their sacred duty.

Some stories:

1. The Tragic Fall of a Wealthy Family 

A well-off Catholic couple, focused only on their children’s academic success, allowed their teenage daughter to cohabit with her boyfriend, thinking it was "normal in today’s world." They never corrected her, nor did they encourage her to live chastely. Years later, she became pregnant out of wedlock, had multiple failed relationships (abused, being battered, emotionally disturbed) and eventually abandoned the faith completely. The parents later suffered heartbreak as they saw their daughter live a life of sin, and they wept bitterly, realizing their failure to guide her properly.

2. A Parent Who Tolerated a Sinful Lifestyle
A Catholic mother openly supported her son’s homosexual lifestyle, saying, “God made him this way.” She never taught him Catholic doctrine on chastity and sin. When he died unexpectedly (from crime, as sodomy is a sin that cries heaven for vengeance) without repentance, the mother fell into deep despair, realizing too late that she had led her son away from salvation. His son appeared in a dream and said he is hell, and blaming her mother for his damnation.She spent her remaining years in grief and regret, realizing that her silence and support had condemned his soul and later, she died full of regret and detached from faith and reunited with his son in hell.

Parents must understand that their primary duty is not worldly success, but the salvation of their children’s souls. Tolerating sin, neglecting proper catechesis, and prioritizing material success over faith will bring divine punishment.

As Saint Padre Pio warns: “The parents who fail in their duties will answer for the souls of their children before God.”

Let every parent take this responsibility seriously, instructing their children in righteousness, correcting them in love, and leading them to the path of salvation.

Source: Catholic Tradition and Evangelization