parenting

yesterday i was blessed to spend time with some amazing women & engage in some invigorating conversation about raising our children.  i don't know if you're anything like me (probably not), but i spend an enormous amount of time questioning everything i'm doing.  "was i too hard in that decision?", "am i going to mess them up forever?", "should i allow this or not?", etc.  i heard a speaker a few years ago talking about choices (specifically about children & teens) and he said this:  "i'm raising my kids to leave".  this is really how we try to parent...equipping these boys everyday for tomorrow.  yes, there are boundaries, and a lot of discipline...but in such a short amount of time, these boys will leave our home.  it is our job to train them to be men, while they are still boys. this seems sometimes like a daunting task.  but in the end, i just try to remember that if we're teaching them to love GOD with all that they are and to love others as themselves, then i guess we're getting something right.