Sep 25, 2007

As parents, we spend a lot of time loving, guiding, redirecting and reinforcing. But we don’t always recognize the importance of empowering. Small acts of empowerment can easily become a part of our parenting routine. Asking a child to choose his or her own outfit, chore, or restaurant meal, can take more time, with unknown results, but each experience gives children just a little more confidence about making their own choices in the future.

This week for Pass the Torch Tuesday, I wrote about my ten-year-old daughter’s social entrepreneur project. She’s started a Bookworm Wednesday club for the neighborhood children, and I think her strength in initiating it is partly the result of the empowerment she’s experienced along the way.

So although it may not feel comfortable to allow a two-year-old birthday girl to choose her own color frosting, consider what’s the worst that could happen?

Letting go of the reins – it works for me!

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