There comes an age when your child starts to turn their sights outward, when the path of their own life spawns is own trail as thin as a tadpole's tail at first, but widening every few months. Those lengthening steps begin to take on a pace that leaves you breathless. You see the challenges looming ahead and ask yourself, ``Are they ready? Am I?'' What do you do to prepare your kids for this? What do you do to prepare yourself?