It's never easy. You avoid it, you wait around until some perfect moment presents itself, but it never does. You put it off, thinking that your kids are smarter, more informed than most. You wait and you procrastinate and you even start to think it's an imposition and not really your personal responsibility at all.…

It was early October in Montana, and already there was a bite in the air even inside of our heated rental cabin. We busily gathered snacks and extra layers, getting ready to spend the day hiking in the old forests of Yellowstone with our son as a guide. Lewis had it in mind to find…