| Every time you look at a parenting article and begin to | | | | forest and nobody is around...does it make a sound? |
| read about different topics there is a particular | | | | I am writing this article to let you know that when it |
| question that it usually asked. As a matter of fact, | | | | comes to the idea of giving choices to you child or |
| anytime you read a parenting article, the topic of giving | | | | teen there is a definitive answer, and I want to finally |
| choices to you child or teen always comes up. It | | | | demystify this whole idea of giving choices to your |
| seems that without fail, everyone has something to | | | | child/teen. And simple put, here are your answers... |
| say about the appropriate way to handle giving | | | | Too many choices and your child/teen will become |
| choices to a child or teen. | | | | overwhelmed by having to pick. Not enough choices |
| At times, it really starts to feel like we are asking one | | | | and your child/teen will feel like he or she has "no say |
| of the two oldest and most famous questions. You'll | | | | at all", and the child will rebel. So what is the solution? |
| recognize the first one right away. And that question is | | | | Give two choices that you are perfectly okay with no |
| the age old question of which comes first, does the | | | | matter what he or she picks. Do your best to pick two |
| chicken come first, or does the egg come first? Or my | | | | choices that will balance what he/she is allowed to do |
| ultimate favorite question of all time, if a tree falls in the | | | | with what the child would enjoy doing. |