Not letting children make their own decisions takes away potential
They could be the next inventor of the newest technology that no one would have ever expected, if they had the right to make their own decision. Who knows what they're capable of?
Kids grow up. They make bigger choices. Classes, part-time jobs, internships all enter the picture, along with social choices. It actually never gets easier. The kids get bigger, but so do the choices. It’s never easy to just let them make all their decisions.
When do you start giving your kids control over what they choose to do? Perhaps you let them decide, but you bend their ear relentlessly about whether their choice is the ‘right’ one or not.