We love our children so much; we want to protect them from harm. We want them to have advantages we wish we had had as children. We want to buy them devices and tools that will make their path to adulthood easier than ours. But are we preparing them for disappointments?
Most would agree, as do I, you cannot love your children too much, unless you are putting them before God. But many times, we fail to prepare our children for life’s disappointments. This is one of the harder jobs of parenting, because we want to protect and shield them. Loving parents hurt when their children hurt, and it is only natural to try to avoid these situations.