(August 10, 2016 at 9:21 pm)Tres Leches Wrote: It would be easier to just say no to everything and watch over everything she does but then I would be extra worried someday when she's grown up and hasn't gradually learned how to make informed decisions for herself.
That's really what it is for me. I figured the sooner I taught my son to be cognizant for himself, the better off we all would be.
As parents, our job is not to keep the nest together; our job is to teach the kids to fly.