They'll be a few inches taller than their parents. They're playing this role of nonconformists, but more so than ever, kids are total conformists. The idea of respect is gone. It just doesn't exist. As long as we were morally centered and did not faint in the heat of battle, we prevailed.
Sixth grade is a great time of life, anyway.
It was so important because you're on the brink of everything, and it kind of goes downhill for a while after that. Over the last few years, though, I've realized that God is compassionate and has no preference about how we live our lives. I think that is communicated through the fact that we're given free will. There are definite universal laws, the laws of consequence and cause and effect, but I don't think God prefers one choice over the other. He or she or it notes rather than judges.