Children are affected by the sins of their parents, as seen in the story of Achan. When Achan sinned by taking the accursed things, his entire family was held accountable and shared his fate. They were stoned and burned, demonstrating that a sin committed by one family member impacts the whole family. This principle extends to the church, where the sin of one member can affect the entire congregation.

The effect of our choices does not stop with us. When we do not stop something like this in our lives, they will continue to reverberate beyond us, affecting others, and our children especially. How can we put into the mouth of our children the right things? How can we train them up in the way that they should go if we are setting the wrong example as parents before them? The laws of God cannot be avoided. They cannot be ignored. When we do not control ourselves to make the right choice, the consequences of our actions impact our children, just as the choices of Adam and Eve affected the whole world.

Children are affected by their parents' sins because they often repeat the same mistakes and patterns of behavior that were modeled for them. The Bible indicates that if a child is not properly trained and disciplined, the habits, concepts, attitudes, and emotions that are etched into their minds from a young age can become almost impossible to change as they grow older. This is why parents have a responsibility to guide their children's trajectory early on, to prevent them from following the same destructive path that the parents may have taken due to their own sins and shortcomings. If parents do not take the opportunity to train their children in the right way, the children are likely to be condemned to repeating the same mistakes, as the apple does not fall far from the tree.