I would like to add that we cannot control everything our kids are gonna be forced to deal with, emotionally and physically.
Let's face it...we are raising them to live in the REAL world...and in the REAL world, folks don't always make the right decisions, and folks actually get hurt. The hurt prepares us for bigger things.
Just a thought - from someone who was not sheltered, then sheltered, then not sheltered, then VERY sheltered. I needed the tools to face those obstacles as a teen that were never appropriated to me. And, as a parent of a preteen, I try vehemently to ensure my child has what it takes...
That's all. I'm out...
