If we only try to reactively guide our children and don’t give them our rules, boundaries, and expectations, then they don’t know how to play this game of life. Imagine someone sitting you down to play a board game. There are no rules to start with, so you randomly move your piece. The other player gets mad. “That’s not how you play!” You sit there totally befuddled and say, “What are the rules here?” The other player says, “You can figure it out. Explore. Have fun. I don’t have to give you rules.” So you move again and get yelled at. Totally. Crazy. Making. Right?
