In this week's parsha, Ki Seitzei 22:15, on the words, "the father of the girl and her mother," Rashi says that the ones who raised bad offspring should be put to shame because of her.
There are those who like to attempt disconnecting from their children. Their line is, their children have bechira and it's their lives. They don't take the blame if the children don't turn out well, and presumably, if they're consistent, they don't take any credit if the children turn out well.
The problem with this is, we can never disconnect from our children as our children are part of us in every way. Children are a reflection of their parents, for better and for worse. We have nachas and deserve credit when they turn out well, and as Rashi says, if G-d forbid they don't turn out well, it's to the parents' shame.
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