to take the child’s decision seriously.
If they don’t, the child won’t feel noticed or respected.
- Forbidding children to give their opinion
Parents who forbid their children to speak, for example, when they express their own opinion, can prevent children from becoming adults with strong opinions.
The lack of self-confidence to represent one’s own opinion is lost or not learned at all.
Many childrenwho have been brought up in bondage are quickly overwhelmed by situations that require their own will and action.
Children need to learn that their opinion