Life is full of making decisions. Sometimes we may think, “Would someone wise please just tell me what to do?!” So what if someone wise told you what to do — would you do it? If you did and it didn’t ...

Children thrive when trusted to make decisions and experience the results of their choices. Overly controlling parenting can limit growth, while guided independence helps kids build resilience and ...

So, while our impulse is to try keep our kids safe, our priority as they get older should shift to helping them develop the skills—including the decision-making skills—they need to keep themselves ...