This is going to be an interesting year as entering high school with its many issues today on appearances, social norms and peer pressure etc. that often it's hard to navigate through 5 years of high school and come out of the other end happy and well rounded.
Will be keeping a close eye on things from an academic, social, spiritual and cultural stance etc. as it's what a mother does to support in navigating through these often turbulent years but also allowing for natural justice to occur when it needs to i.e. not 'rescuing' if there's a lesson to be learnt.
I think one of the things that state schools don't teach well at all (except for state integrated - faith based schools due to separation between the state and religion) is that of having a moral compass i.e. why choosing not to be a bully in school is better than being the one who intimidates others.
One is expected to just somehow learn the difference between what is 'right' and 'wrong' in a world that encourages the social norms of relativism. I'm more of the old parenting style who believes in choices and consequences i.e. to not go by your 'feelings' and that there needs to be a 'line in the sand' just like if you don't believe in gravity because you can't see it but jump out of a 5 storey building with no parachute then you better believe that some natural laws are going to come into effect.
It's a part of my Christian upbringing and it was also a conscience choice that I made as an adult to bring up my/our children with a faith based Christian values and a principled approach which often gets us into some interesting conversations when I talk with my teens about what the 'world' and school says and what I believe and teach them although they will have to make those decisions for themselves as adults.
Wishing our pleasant mild mannered, middle child a very happy birthday and a blessed year ahead...
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