The problem is that as they learn to take responsibility, they make mistakes. And it take a bad situation to really “get it.” For those of us who have kid with life-threatening problems, it is a dilemma. What I do know that our children cannot be by our side forever.
I tell my kid that engineers think about worst case scenarios. If they didn’t we would have more bridges and buildings collapsing. With medical issues like this, our kids need to think like engineers.
Unfortunately they are at an age of denial and feelings of invulnerability.