Disillusionment

[Whit]

      Disillusionment, I think we've all been there. Someone or something we believe in falls apart and leaves our world view changed, and often embittered.
      On a larger scale a lot of what we are told as kids falls apart. I think the teens tend to be the age most of us go through this. Though, most do stop believing in Santa before that. I look back on that time as being good and developmental. However, I find myself working hard to not set my kids up for the pain of it. Trying to raise them without a lot of illusions to have fall apart, if you will.
      We've all been through it to some degree or another I think. What about you? Thoughts? Experiences?