I used to pray that our children sailed unscathed through adolescence and young adulthood. As a parent why would we ever want anything less for our kids? Retrospectively, I may have gotten this one wrong. Years ago, as an undergrad resident assistant, come October I would have a small cohort of freshman outside my door. Their stories were similar; academic rock stars in high school, then during the fall semester of college they experienced a couple of missteps, a poor grade or two on a test, a broken relationship and then crash, the wheels came off the bus. Often they planned to head back … [Read more...]