Life is full of making decisions. Sometimes we may think, “Would someone wise please just tell me what to do?!” So what if someone wise told you what to do — would you do it? If you did and it didn’t ...
Children thrive when trusted to make decisions and experience the results of their choices. Overly controlling parenting can limit growth, while guided independence helps kids build resilience and ...
For these reasons, we recommend that, whenever they can, parents say “It’s your call,” as long as kids are willing to make informed decisions—meaning decisions that are informed by discussing pros and ...
When I found out that my wife was pregnant with my first son, I asked my father-in-law for advice. He told me not to be afraid to let them make mistakes. “Mistakes,” he told me, “are how we grow.” At ...
Parents who still help their grown children too much struggle to let them make their own decisions, and still feel responsible for them, although they are now adults.
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