should parents decide for their children?

Answer 1

parents suck.. and need to stop ruling my life and let me do what i want... im only going to do it ne ways so no parents should decide 4 them

Answer 2

Parents have to and need to make decisions for their children depending on the child's age.

Children should be given choices as they mature. For example, a parent can lay out 2 outfits and let the 5 year old child pick which one to wear. The parent can teach the child how to pick clothes that are appropriate for certain situations. As the child gets older, he/she can then apply what they have learned from the parent and select his/her own outfits.

This should be the goal in parenting: to teach the child how to make good decisions. Of course, there are consequences with every decision. As a parent, it is just as important to punish the child for a bad decision in an effort to teach the child where the mistake was made and how the mistake was made. If the child is never punished or never made to suffer the consequences of his/her actions, what is going to happen to him/her in the real world?

Do you think the police officer who pulled the child over for speeding is going to let the child go without a ticket? Not likely. If the child doesn't then pay the ticket, will there be no consequences? Of course, there will be. It may take time to catch up, but the consequences could be much more severe than if the ticket had been paid, or if he/she were not speeding in the first place.

In society today, it seems like the children make the rules and parents obey. This is a crock. Children are to mind the parents and parents to teach the children.

Answer 3

1. Parents should decide for children. They are the adults. At this stage the parents should be protecting the child from harm or providing for their needs.
2.Parents should instruct teenagers. A parent has to give teenagers "free-will". It is the parent responsible to protect their children from harm but allow them to make some of the decisions. The parents should be training them to be decision-making adults. If parent does it all, they will not have the confidence or skills needed to handle their own problems.
3. Parents should offer advice to their adult children.

Answer 4

decide what exactly?

generally, when children are minors, then parents' need to give them direction -- this is not to say they have to force them to be in the band at school, if they'd rather join the swimming team.... but as far as rules, yes.

when a child becomes an adult they need to live their own lives and make their own direction. they can ask parents for advice, yes, but parents who try to run the lives of others are wrong... and have control issues, and probably no life and anxiety!

i dont' know what else to say.

Answer 5

children should always be able to find their own way as it makes them stronger. However parents should still give them strong guidence and protection. Dictator ship results in a child that can't make disions or depends on parents choce. Freedom results in a spoilt br** or someone who is out of countrol or makes rash disions with no thought. Theres a fine line between these that helps development.

Answer 6

Magic 8-Ball says, "Ask again."

What do you mean? What kind of decisions. When they're 5, let them decide between the Wilma or the Barney Flintstone vitamin (but not whether ot not to *take* a vitamin). When they're 12, let them decide which shirt to wear to church (but not whether to go to church or not) ... when they're 16, well, then it gets hard and I just ran out of suggestions ... :-)

Good Luck.

Answer 7

Yes if the children have any sort of mental handicap and are not able to take decision for themselves.
Yes, as long as my children are not able to support themselves they are not ready to do in the real world either.They need to prove thei are adults, and that starts when they can feed and pay their own rent.

Answer 8

no they shouldnt
bt itz wutt they alwez do
not decide i guez,just give opinions n advices to their children.
bcuz children needs guidance to avoid them from getting into big troubles bt the parents should also not take control of their lives n let them learn their mistakes once in a while.

Answer 9

Yes, when they are too young to make decisions on their own. After that, let them be and guide them carefully. As to life, marriage, etc. -- when they are adults, all you can do is suggest and be prepared to be ignored.

Answer 10

Decide what?