I always say you've only got one life to live, and you're not promised a tomorrow. So, you might as well just have a good time with it.
By what you do, you teach your children how to respond to difficult information.
My school was six miles away from where I lived on the farm. I had to walk and run, there and back every day, through gorges and over rivers. If I was late, there was a very big stick waiting for me.