August 2008
Making Choices

We all make countless choices every day, and allowing your child to make some of her own decisions can help develop a strong sense of problem-solving skills and responsibility. Openly discussing decisions with your children and then empowering them to make wise choices is a good habit to get into.

If you talk through options with your child but then allow her to make a choice, you are also showing her that you honor her. One obvious way to practice this principle with your children is with money. Talk to them about the value of saving and considering purchases, but then let them make their own choices and learn from any mistakes that they might make.