Get it all out of the way early.
Sit them down and regularly have a chat about what’s going on in the world. As parents, our instinct is to shield our children. But they deserve to know the truth. Start with Collateral Damage and discuss the effects of our perpetual warrior culture. Talk about the importance of consent - you can use a video of "social experiments - and demonstrate that it’s only fun when everyone is having fun.
More importantly, learn to forgive. Forgive yourself; they will say and do things you wish you could prevent. Learn to forgive them; they will hurt out of ignorance, not malice.
I wish my parents had been honest with me. Instead, I was rudely awakened to the reality of the world we’ve inherited.
