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Wednesday, May 29th, 2019

A Risk Too Great [One Minute Feature]

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Nature and natural consequences can be a phenomenal teacher. Sometimes the best lessons are learned the hard way.

A Risk Too Great [One Minute Feature]

Should natural consequences be the only teacher? When should we step in, instead of allowing our kids to reap what they sow?

What Lessons Are Not Best Learned From Consequences

We hear a lot about not being overprotective parents, and that lessons are best learned from natural consequences. Generally, I agree, but there are times when we can’t be protective enough. Would we not grab the car keys from a drunk? Not all lessons should have to be learned the hard way.

“But the drunk is impaired, you say, and the lesson too costly.” And that’s my point too. Like the drunk, a teenager’s executive brain function isn’t optimal. It’s still years away from being fully developed. I’m all about natural consequences—and there is a myriad of lessons to be learned. But funerals, wheelchairs, or unwanted pregnancies, in my opinion, are too great a risk.

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I am the Founder of Shepherd’s Hill Academy, a Christ-Centered, nature-based, therapeutic boarding school, the Host of License to Parent, and the Author of the book “The Miracles of Shepherd’s Hill:  An Extraordinary Odyssey of Divine Interventions.”  The environment at Shepherd’s Hill Academy is intentionally designed to provide a rich, discipleship-focused atmosphere that promotes physical, emotional, and spiritual health and healing to troubled teenager and their families.  Learn More

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