at what age should parents allow children to begin making their own decisions?

Question

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Answer 1

Children begin making their own decisions as toddlers. If you doubt me watch theml Even babies do this altho not consciouisly. It is the parents or caretakers' duty to guide the decision making process. Remember discipline means teaching so children learn as they go and as they watch adults.

Answer 2

ASAP. The whole of raising a child teaching them right and wrong is so that they can make wiser and smarter decisions. The sooner you let them start making their own deicions the better. A four year old can decide whether they would like to wear a blue shirt versus a yellow shirt. You start by allowing them to make small decisions. You want them to understand the concept of makeing a rational and wise decision as opposed to just making a decision to get through the day. The earlier the make decision the more independent they become. And as adult, they can pretty take car eof themselves with little help.

Answer 3

As early as possible. Even very young children can decide what they wear each day and what they want to eat. As they get older, their decision-making ability should increase: whether they go to the pool or the park, input on whether the family vacationas at the beach or mountains, whether holidays are spent at their home or grandma's house. Those are my thoughts, but you should write your own essay.

Answer 4

You need to have a framework by which you can allow the child to make decisions on different things at different age. My two cents,

(1) What to wear? Can let the toddler - though, revisit it when they reach teenage :)
(2) What toys? Toddler on as long as it is within the limits of your budget and taste.
(3) What to read? Whatever they can, except for downright slut, from whatever age they start reading.
(4) What to eat? From about 10 years old or earlier as long as the food is healthier
(5) Who to be friends with? From toddler on. This would be tough to enforce otherwise.
(6) Who to Date? From 15 on, as long as it is not extreme.
(7) Tatoos? :)
(8) Other taboos based onn your culture and background - not until they are adults.
(9) What to study (i.e. focus on, say, science, computers, medicine, technology, arts etc.)? From early teenage (middle school on)
(10) What car? (after eighteen, whatever they/you can afford)

Answer 5

Children will automatically begin making their own decisions- you don't 'let' them. They decide what they want to eat, what to wear, What to play with, who to play with...so many things! You can make some decisions for them, but once they're say in the range of 9 or 10 years old, maybe even 8, stop trying to decide EVERYTHING for them! especially once they're over 10, let them learn from their own mistakes! Obviously they won't be able to decide everything yet, probably not until they're in thier teens, but once they are a teenager, don't try to keep making decisions for them- they won't appreciate it!

Answer 6

To me, from the time they are 2 or so, they make decisions. They dont like this food, that shirt, etc. i feel on every level they can make decisions. i let my daughter pick out her clothes from the time she was 2. BUT i didnt let her go crazy, i had already picked out some selections. when she started school, i let her select what color notebooks, bookbag, etc. it gets her ready to face bigger decisions. i notice now, that instead of impulsively grabbing the first thing that catches her attention, she looks at the other things as well. it helps train her to think before acting, because every decision in life has multiple choices: wrong, right, yes, no, etc.

Answer 7

It starts at age 3 or 4 when you hold up 2 outfits and let the child pick one out.

Answer 8

That would depend entirely on the child. You could not just pick a certain age. The parent will have to decide when the child is ready to do so.