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16 Feb 2023 21:48

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At what age the children should be allowed to take their own decisions?

It is a well-established fact that children of today are smart and wise enough to take their own decision. Some children would like to accompany their parents to the shops and would like to select the clothes of their liking. Even while joining any courses related to extracurricular activities they want to learn what they are interested in.

However, some parents think that small kids are not mature enough to take independent decisions and do not allow them to do so. They have to choose what their parents would select for them.

By doing so, the children unwantedly adhere to the order of their parents but in their heart of hearts, they become sad. Do you think it is fair on the part of the parents to force their children to listen to them all the time? At what age do you think parents can allow their kids to make their own decisions? Please give your views.

#769649

17 Feb 2023 06:54

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It will vary from individual to individual as some children become responsible quite early in their lives while there are many who are dependent on their parents for everything till quite late in their lives. So, depending on the qualities, characteristics, intelligence, confidence, and other virtues of a child, parents can decide at what age they should be given freedom to choose their own decisions.
I have seen students who have left their homes early in their lives and then they were moving from place to place in search of better career and they were taking all the decisions themselves and only posting and informing about it to their parents. At the same time I have also seen some people who even at an age of 45 or 50 asking the advice of their parents whether to switch a job or not or whether to accept a better job elsewhere away from their present place.

Knowledge is power.

#769713

19 Feb 2023 15:55

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Once the child crosses his 18th year, we can allow him to take his own decisions. But as elders just we should be briefing them the pros and cons of each decision so that they will also correlate their thoughts with our inputs. Some people will be more responsible and mature in their thinking but some are not so serious, With the second type of people we should be more careful and we should allow them to take decisions but we should see that they will tell their decisions before they implement so that we can see that the decisions will be suitably modified so that they will not back fire on them.
But not allowing them to take any decisions will make them more inactive and their dependency on us will increase. So we, the elders should take an appropriate decision in this regard based on the individual and his way of functioning. Some may require our assistance for longer time.

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At what age the children should be allowed to take their own decisions?

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