Parenting Evolves into Mentoring

The instinct to vehemently protect and defend your children doesn’t fade when they become adults, but it does evolve.

As much as I would like to, I am not powerful enough to shield my kids from every evil this world has to offer. I can’t keep people from being spiteful wenches any more than I can keep it from raining on my good hair day or stop stray dogs from crapping in my yard. But, I can teach my young adult children the difference between someone who’s worth leaving alone and someone who’s worthy of their time and energy.

Lord, Help me to teach my children to identify and reposition the people in their lives who have bad intentions. Help me to be their trusted advisor and not fight their battles for them, but behind them in a position of reinforcement. Amen.