How do we pray for our children? Psalm 143-145

In these three Psalms we have a very powerful and very compelling threesome of prayers. David gives praise to God based upon the deeper knowledge he had obtained about God through his struggles of life. Each and every line is worthy of comment, but jumping off the page to me is the prayer in 144:11-15, that contains so much and yet very powerful lines on how to pray for your children: Psalm 144:12 ... Let our sons in their youth be as grown-up plants and our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace. If I was the composer, I would probably switch the two metaphors around. I would pray that my sons were corner pillars and my daughters were grown-up plants. Men should be strong and women should be producing. But, that is traditional and narrow minded thinking. David, well ahead of his time, wants his boys to be rooted and producers in life. He doesn't want them to be wishy-washy and lazy. His prayer for them is that they will be able to weather the storms of life and not torn out because of weak roots or dried up from a productive contribution. David wants his daughters to be strong and firm and not carried away like weak women by the varying winds of doctrine (Ephesians 4:14). He wants them to be strong and holding up those around them, a shelter for others. But, he doesn't miss the beauty they need to portray, as though they were to be placed in a palace. Not good looking but fashioned and fitting for a palace. How do you pray for you sons and daughters? David gives us the perfect template.