By Bob Nass
Pastor of Youth and Missions and Chief Ranger at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Yakima WA
Wendy and I love to garden and we've been enjoying the fruit of our labor this summer immensely. One of the things that we've had to learn the hard way is how important it is to avoid over watering our plants.
You see, seedlings need a lot of water in the first few days of their lives, but after a few days or weeks they need to be be intentionally stressed or the plants develop all kinds of problems. Over the years we've seen our share of blossom end rot and yellowed plants that have not thrived. We've also had plants that have grown delightfully well, but when the wind blew or the intense heat came, things went south fast because they could not handle stress after being stress free for so long.
If you have not read "A Nation of Wimps" by Hara Estroff Marano, please do so today. She makes an incredible case against over watering our kids that I think we all can learn from.
"Parents are going to ludicrous lengths to take the bumps out of life for their children. However, parental hyperconcern has the net effect of making kids more fragile; that may be why they're breaking down in record numbers."
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