Percival

I think you are absolutely correct about advice. My children are now 22, 20, and 15 respectively. I have learned to bite my tongue, and keep my counsel to myself. I never offer unsolicted advice to them, nor do I tell them what they "should" do. They must make decisions, experience the consequences of bad decisions, and the joy of good decisions. But they can not mature, unless they are making their own decisions.