There is no doubt that parents have a great influence on their children.
In fact, the first six years of a child’s life is the most impressionable and parents should instill life’s principles and values during that time.
When they become teenagers they may seem rather rebellious and disobedient.
But they would not easily forget the upbringing of their early years and it will be seen in adulthood.
In the gospel, there was no mention of the age of the daughter of Herodias.
But it can be correctly assumed that she was in her late teens or early twenties, since her dancing delighted the guests.
And she didn’t seem to hesitate in repeating her mother’s request for the head of John the Baptist.
Indeed, Herodias had formed her daughter to be as vicious and cold-blooded like herself.
So, if children are a reflection of their parents, then we need to look at what God is telling us through our children.
May we see what God is showing us through our children and do what is necessary so that we and our children will grow in the grace of God.