Do you ever get frustrated because your kids keep making the same mistakes and you're not seeing any growth in their character no matter what you do?  Are you wondering when they are going to grow out of some behaviors?  Don't you wish they would just do what you say?  Me too.  But in my experience, when I partner with God and trust that He is faithful, I know that He is.  As long as I keep Him at the center of my parenting and raise my kids up in the way they should go, He will honor my faithfulness to that goal and fill in the gaps where I fail.  

So pull up your boot straps, imperfect parents!  Continue to grow them up to know God and spend time with Him, and the fruit of your faith will emerge.  I have seen it to be true even when I thought it was hopeless.