Grown ups?

It seems that the only way our kids will learn to be adults, is if we let them--no, make that if we make them. Yes, they may be "of age". But that means exactly nothing. How can they be responsible people, when they are never responsible for their actions.?

They think that being an "adult" means they can choose to do as they wish. The really rude awakening will come when they realize choices have consequences. Up until this point, all their decisions and actions have had consequences, but mostly for the parents. If they chose poorly, we were there to bail them out.

The hardest thing I'll ever do as a father, is to let them untangle their own messes. I truly do think it will prove to hurt me more than it does them--and I thought that was such a load of bull, when I heard my father say it.