When do you interfere in your child’s decisions

Parent’s role is take sure kids grow to be responsible for themselves and know to be responsible for themselves. Among the areas that allow kids to be responsible is decision-making and making decision’s for themselves. However, there are moments where we believe our kids are making decisions that may put them in danger and are not good for their wellbeing. Sometimes parents may ask my child is grown up I should not intervene because it could ruin their ability to make personal decisions and they will depend on me to make decisions for them. 

As parents its important to allow children to try and make a decision on their own to the best of their ability. It gives children the ability to express themselves and their thoughts on the particular decision at hand. However, there are times where children make decisions that seem unfit for their wellbeing and safety. Here, is when our role as parents emerges as it is our role  to keep our children safe. It is for us to sit down with children and compare our decisions with theirs and explain to them why we believe the decision we’ve made is necessary for this particular decision.

Sometimes kids don’t agree with your decision and prefer to stick to their decision as there are multiple reasons why they want their decisions such as peer pressure. At times like that it is important that you remain intervened in your child’s decision as it is clear to you that they are not yet ready to make reasonable decisions on their own. As a child’s safety and wellbeing is important to parents, parents have to be vigilant and ready to be there and help children’s decisions. 

It is also important for us to prepare your child to make meaningful decisions by first teaching them of the consequences of wrong actions. This is important as most people make decisions without thinking what happens when I do this. we have to teach our children that consequences are preceded by bad decisions. Secondly, it is important to ask your child what would they do if they were in a particular situation. This can be done by creating random scenarios and ask them what would they do if they were in this situation. This helps you identify what does on in your child’s head and how they respond to particular situations. This is because as parents we are not always with children and there are times when they have to make decisions on their own. Preparing them for decision making will make them ready to make right decisions even when you are not there to give them moral guidance. 

To conclude it is parents’ role to make sure that children are safe from wrong decisions by being their moral compass and guiding them to a safe path. This means that parents are always there and involved in their decisions as their decisions can be worrisome as it is influenced by peers and other individuals. This is because children live in a world where an individual’s self-worth is determined by those around them. Parents have to teach them that the decisions they make must be from them and not from others or to make others happy with decisions that do not make them personally happy. Also it is important that they are ready to share their personal opinions and decisions with others by making them confident with their decisions and giving them decision making skills that protect them from negative consequences.