Look at the family Christ had. That is, His apostles. Of the 12, one in despair and hung himself. Peter who denied Christ 3 times and then Christ actually said to Peter "Get behind me, Satan".
God never promised us a rose garden. Sometimes we think maybe to ourselves, that "if we do this, or we do that, the end result will be=".
I wish it was like that. We can have a prodigal son or daughter.
We are compared to sheep and I think farmers consider them to be the dumbest. They need a dog to show them the gate.
St. Monica had her tears.
We need to know that our needs are always with the Precious Blood/sacraments and sacramentals. That is a Joy!
If anyone does wrong, they know where the Power is. We are all given Free Will. Yes, it is sad when things go hairy! But always remind the children that there is a God. He sees and hears all. Be sure to tell your children if they are in sin.
I knew a mother who said she would not think to tell her children, "What you are doing is sinful". I asked her why? Christ was known to say "God and sin no more."
She took time and found that Sin was used over a 150 times in the bible.
Our job as parents is to save souls. When we meet our Maker, we can face Him saying, "I did my job and was not neglectful in teaching the truth.