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Allow Your Child To Make His Own Choices

Team AckoFeb 8, 2024

Allowing your child to make his own choice is the first step towards self-reliance and independence. This is just the beginning and so your child must be allowed to make choices only in consultation with you. This is necessary because he is still at an age where he needs to understand what is good or bad and how certain things are to be done.

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Your child must learn to seek advice and suggestions before making a choice. Because his choice in a way, will affect everyone around him too. Talk to your child about how to make decisions and choices. What are the various things that he must keep in mind before plunging into something. There must be a thought behind every choice that he makes. These words must be drained into his thought process. And as a result, slowly, he would be able to decide for himself rather more discreetly.

Also, ensure that you never laugh or ridicule your child over his choices. Be it be a toy, clothes or friends. This might hurt his self-esteem in a big way and can damage his confidence at the same time. Talk to him calmly and explain why certain things don’t work. This will make his thinking pragmatic in the long run too. Allowing your child to make his own choices is a wonderful thing, provided he has the right mindset for the same.

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