Teach Them to Choose
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It makes sense that you and mom would make most of the decisions for your kids. You guys know more. Your kids basically know nothing. About life. About what the weather is going to be tomorrow. How the world works. You, on the other hand, have been 7 as well as 17-years-old before.\\xa0
Not only does that give you a lot more experience, but it\\u2019s also pretty obvious that most decisions don\\u2019t matter. You\\u2019ve got places to go and more important things to worry about, so you pick their clothes out to be done with it\\u2014to move things along.
The problem with this is that you\\u2019re depriving your kids of a very important skill: The ability to make decisions. Is it any wonder than so many teenagers are utterly overwhelmed when it comes to choosing where to go to college? Or what to major in? For most of them, it\\u2019s the first real decision they\\u2019ve made in their lives.
That\\u2019s why, as a Dad, you have to actively work to not choose everything for them. Ask them whether they want to go to the park or play catch in the yard. Ask them what movie they want to see. What should we cook for dinner? Do you want to take a shower tonight or a bath? Would you rather go out for the baseball or the basketball team? If you don\\u2019t like mowing the lawn, what\\u2019s another chore you\\u2019d like to do to contribute around the house? Shorts or pants today? Go pick out something to wear.\\xa0
Teach them how to choose. Empower them. Make sure they know how to decide, and to be OK with it, even if they decide wrong. It doesn\\u2019t matter that you know more. Let them learn. Life is decisions. Prepare them for it.
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