The Rules of Parenting - Give Them A Voice

Richard Templar, a parenting expert, author of The Rules of Parenting, suggested that as your children become teenagers, get them involved in all kinds of decisions made at home. They will feel more responsible and closer to the family as they can how their decisions affect everyone in the family.

My take is: get them involved as early as you can. Do not belittle your kids. They are great. They are smart. They are perfectly capable. There are kids as young as ten years old running their own businesses. So kids are perfectly able to make good decisions.

Be open-minded

Since you have made the decision to let your children be involved in the decision making process in the family, be open-minded and listen to what they have to say. Only be judgmental and critical towards the end. Don't let this kind of discussions be downgraded into one where you keep saying "You're wrong" to your children. Otherwise, your children will not be interested to participate when they see that their views are not properly evaluated.

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Teenage Rule 73: Give them a voice

The Rules of Parenting, by Richard Templar

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