“Brave is the new pretty.” I saw these words on a plaque for a girl’s bedroom recently, and it heartened me. I’m grateful to think that parents value the courage their children (male and female) will need to bring to our culture. Pretty early on, kids figure out that this world is often a cruel one. They experience a bite from another child at play group. Soon they watch as one child taunts another, and when they go to school they see real bullying in action. No doubt about it, life is not for