I am not being hard on Tim. I've raised two past the age of 16 and have been there myself. I know precisely what it is.

Tim will get there when and if he is willing to face the challenge.

But one right-of-passage is survival. I made it. The two of you made it. So do most people or we wouldn't have a population of 6,000,000,000.

Tim will receive no encouragement from his parents or his peers to get out an explore the real world. This may be the only place for him to come in contact with people who think he is in a cult or cult-like environment.

DA Morgan