Well, I don’t have kids, but I do have wisdom (I think I would have made a great father, I LOVE kids [I want to squeeze them to pieces], but that wasn’t in God’s plans for me). All a parent can really do is pray and hope that they have instilled enough of a godly foundation in their children that as life goes on and they venture out to become their own mature person that they will make the right decisions. And when they don’t (because we are all fallible and make mistakes), then let them know they have the reliable option to come to you with open arms, no matter what, and you will be there to help them in any way possible to pick up the broken pieces and hopefully redirect them on the right course. Mistakes serve the purpose to build character, fortitude and wisdom; trial and error makes life what it is, a journey. Sometime we have to take risks, sometimes we miscalculate the risks and overextend ourselves and even put much in jeopardy, but we learn. If one lives in a protective isolated bubble, then one might as well be dead. That’s not living, that a prison. Hopefully, you have taught them enough on how to make well-informed choices, thinking “critically” to consider both short term and long term consequence to their actions, and to consider the potential ramifications and consequences of their actions; for every cause there is an effect; and when in doubt there is Mom and Dad for mutual consultation on any difficult matter they are saddled with. There is nothing wrong with taking the high road and ending poisonous relationships to assure one’s own good welfare, distancing one self from bad apples. There should be no guilt about that. The bad apples won’t be there for your child when things go wrong. Hopefully, he/she have enough sense to realize this. Just encourage them to be their own persons and not be easily swayed by the winds of group thought or by what is "fad" and “popular”. What’s popular today will be obsolete tomorrow, don’t throw yourself away for something so fleeting, but rather endure with dignity and integrity. In the end Mom and Dad will be thanked as your children look at what their contemporaries have sadly and tragically become. I must say, in these times it must be the toughest thing in the world to be a parent. I hope this pep talk helped.
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