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Thursday, October 12th, 2023

Prudent Protection

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Consequences can sometimes be the best teachers. But protecting from consequences can also be good.

Prudent Protection

How do you know the difference?

Prudent Protection

Today we hear a lot about not being overprotective parents. That natural consequences are the best teachers. Generally, I agree. However, there are times when we can’t be protective enough! Would we not grab the car keys from a drunk? “But the drunk is impaired!” You may say. “And the lesson is too costly!” And that is my point. 

Like a drunk, a teenager’s executive brain function isn’t optimal. It is still years away from being fully developed. I am all about natural consequences and there are a myriad of lessons to be learned that way. But funerals, wheelchairs, or unwanted pregnancies are too great a risk when an ounce of prevention can be worth a pound of cure.

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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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