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RE: Freedom and Children
I so agree! It's so much better for them to practice decision making when someone else is paying the bills and they don't have adult level responsibilities. It's why so many young people now can't move out or end up moving back home. Well, partly the economy is awful but also because they never learned how to manage their lives, and now it's so much harder to learn, and that's really not their fault. That's on the parents imo.
The kids each had a night to cook for the family, whatever they wanted to cook. They both had a rifle at seven years old. The both were expected to keep their own cars running, once they had them.
Freedom, mixed with responsibility, turned out some pretty fine adults!
:DThe combo of freedom and responsibility is the critical mix. My daughter does dinner every night and keeps the bathroom clean. I think she's had every chore there is at this point, so she will be perfectly able to go on her own whenever she's ready!
I think one of the failure kids experience is when they move out, there will be a lot of new tasks they must master! If they have done NONE of these tasks at home; the task hill will be much steeper. So the more they can master while home, the easier when they move out, and go: "WHAT do I need to do Now?"
Precisely. Having already mastered some skills will also help with their confidence to master others.
Yes, because they have the tools of how to approach a new problem; and the knowledge that they, personally, can handle these new problems!
Learning how to learn is so key.
That is critical to success in life! My Father taught me how to Think, critically, in a focussed manner. This has helped me on new concepts and design development, resulting in a couple of dozen patents; and they all should include him as an inventor!
We all stand on the shoulders of giants. You were lucky to have such a father. Critical thinking is so crucial and not taught at all in schools.