Nice job pede. I too believe in letting kids make decisions for themselves and living the consequences. Helicopter parenting creates dependents of state
I hate to tell you there is no one way parenting. Im quite the helicopter at times. Good parenting takes a ton of TIME and teaching and the most important thing is being there and giving all it takes. Im actually the opposite of letting kids decide, I very much decide and these are when/how we teach conceptual understanding of our values. As they grow, yes they start to make some decisions but I cant imagine giving into every whim. So far, have raised one and various ages at home still and all are amazing. My teens wake up on their own every day at 6am to run/work out, read bible together, and do their school work. Im proud of them and for me, Im the opposite of letting them always make decisions, I teach them how. And they are as far as dependents of the state.
Well their personality also plays a part too. I think letting them make as many low - medium stakes decisions as possible is good training for life. Obviously high stakes decisions is still under my watch until they’re fully independent.
Nice job pede. I too believe in letting kids make decisions for themselves and living the consequences. Helicopter parenting creates dependents of state
I hate to tell you there is no one way parenting. Im quite the helicopter at times. Good parenting takes a ton of TIME and teaching and the most important thing is being there and giving all it takes. Im actually the opposite of letting kids decide, I very much decide and these are when/how we teach conceptual understanding of our values. As they grow, yes they start to make some decisions but I cant imagine giving into every whim. So far, have raised one and various ages at home still and all are amazing. My teens wake up on their own every day at 6am to run/work out, read bible together, and do their school work. Im proud of them and for me, Im the opposite of letting them always make decisions, I teach them how. And they are as far as dependents of the state.
Well their personality also plays a part too. I think letting them make as many low - medium stakes decisions as possible is good training for life. Obviously high stakes decisions is still under my watch until they’re fully independent.