Asking for help so as parents we can "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Pro 22:6
"...my people, which are calledbymyname, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." II Chron 7:14
We have the benefit of earlier prayers by others to Almighty God such as "Bless my family, kindred, friends and country, be our God & guide this day and for ever for his sake, who lay down in the Grave and arose again for us, Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen." A portion of a prayer by George Washington - a US founding father (From Missionaries of Prayer website (Prayers from our founding fathers - George Washington -)