Before I type this, I think I know the answer. Here goes: As a parent you do everything you think you should for your children. Teach them manners, responsibility. (Well, at least try too. )
And teach your Faith, about God, Jesus, Church.
And then it happens, I should have seen it coming. They turn around and try to talk to their friends. Except.
That is not very popular.
So, do I now teach that is more important to "walk the walk" and say nothing? How do you learn when it is "right" to say something and when it isn't? And most of all, how does a parent explain that sometimes being popular isn't what it is cracked up to be.