There is a comedian who says,"Falling off the monkey bars is God's way to telling you 'Don't act stupid'." Same with parenting. I love my boys, but at 12 and 13, I looked at them and said, "I'm not sure you are going to make it to 14." They are leaders in their chosen fields today, and I am proud of them, because knowing actions have consequences, good and bad, is a great lesson in life that one or two generations have never figured out.