protector

what is the fine line between empowering your student and shielding them from unnecessary hurt that is thrown at people these day's?
what it not enough?
what is too much?

at what point do we step in and say, e n o u g h
and at what point do we sit on our hands, knowing that they have to learn to fend for themselves.
even if it breaks our insides to see them struggle and be thrown into the gutter...
when they dont know what hit them either.

how do i give my students the agency to say, help, when it is imperative. and that same agency to say, i got this, because they can.

right now. i dont know.
what i do know is it hurts when i cant shield them from the bad stuff that lingers in our world.