The boys have been discussing trust a lot lately. They love to talk about how I should trust them with big things and how they have "earned" trust.

I explain over and over that if you can't do something at home at a specific time there isn't any way you can be trusted to go out with friends and be home at a specific time.

I have tried to explain that all small things matter. Being truthful in all situations matters. Making things up, because it is funny and then refusing to back down...that matters.

We will probably continue to talk about trust until my dying day. Right now we have a long way to go.