I will stress one thing; the importance of preserving Islam within your family. When communities fail as they sometime do because of all the infighting and politics, and foreign spheres of influence, Islam is preserved through the families and in passing it down to the next generation.
There are specific do’s and don’t’s to achieve this end. One of them is to keep the Islam simple. Another is to avoid sects. In general, sectarianism does not fit well with converts to Islam. Our own history of Islam is America has shown that. Most sects place the convert at the bottom, and presupposes that you will always be of lower status. The idea of being a second class Muslim does not resonate well with American born Muslim children. Sometimes we don’t want to hear what it will take get our communities back on track, we want to see it happen. Knowing and understanding our own history is a start.
The thing about generational continuity of the faith within your family is that it doesn’t happen in a big splash. You can’t do one thing and it happens. It’s not even guaranteed that your children will follow you in the path of Islam. However, there are things that you can do, to help insure that they will.
First thing is before getting married, couples should discuss and have a mutual understanding, assurances from one another that the children are going to be raised Muslim.
Imam Luqman Ahmad Mosque Without Borders 