Do You Know What Your Children’s Goals Are?

How would you react if your child started hanging out with a youngster who wouldn’t be your first choice in a friend for him? What if your teen, after years of banking on a four-year university in her future, told you she wanted to attend a technical school or earn a two-year degree instead? In this month’s Viewpoint, available online only , Emily Moser, director of parenting programs at Oregon Partnership , discusses the important issue of goals – our goals for our children, and our children’s goals for themselves. Find out how you can set the stage for your children to make their own well-reasoned, values-based decisions, and how you can rein in the natural instinct to jump to conclusions or judgment, focusing instead on meaningful conversations that will help you discover what your children’s goals are for themselves and their lives – and stay connected to them throughout their lives. After all, isn’t it our most important job as parents to encourage our children to be confident, to know what the right thing is – and do it – and to always be their own wonderful unique selves? Read the full article today.

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Do You Know What Your Children’s Goals Are?