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I ran across a study stating that when a child's father goes to church regularly, it's likely that the child will become a regular church goer (regardless of if the mother goes to church or not).
If it's the mother that is a regular church goer, but the father doesn't go, it's much much less likely that the child will become a regular church goer.
Suprisingly it even stated that if the father alone is the regular church goer, it seems that the child will more likely become a regular church goer than if both parents are regular church goers.
The conclusion is one of the main factors in if a child will become a regular church goer is if the father is a regular church goer.
The study took place in 1994 in Switzerland, so it's difficult to say how much it applies to Americans or other non Swiss. Here's where I found the information: Raising children so they will go to church as adults | Cranach: The Blog of Veith .
So does this ring true in your experience?
Why might it be true (or if you don't think it's true, why don't you think it applies)?
If it's the mother that is a regular church goer, but the father doesn't go, it's much much less likely that the child will become a regular church goer.
Suprisingly it even stated that if the father alone is the regular church goer, it seems that the child will more likely become a regular church goer than if both parents are regular church goers.
The conclusion is one of the main factors in if a child will become a regular church goer is if the father is a regular church goer.
The study took place in 1994 in Switzerland, so it's difficult to say how much it applies to Americans or other non Swiss. Here's where I found the information: Raising children so they will go to church as adults | Cranach: The Blog of Veith .
So does this ring true in your experience?
Why might it be true (or if you don't think it's true, why don't you think it applies)?