This is an eye opener for me in a way, choice vs authonomy for our children and us as well!
“Choice and autonomy are the difference between going to a restaurant and picking something off the menu, and creating your own menu. In the first scenario, the menu has been written by someone else. They’ve picked the dishes they will serve, and your job is to choose among the relatively limited options that you are given. This will be the reality of our lives a lot of the time, and that’s okay.”
This is an eye opener for me in a way, choice vs authonomy for our children and us as well!
“Choice and autonomy are the difference between going to a restaurant and picking something off the menu, and creating your own menu. In the first scenario, the menu has been written by someone else. They’ve picked the dishes they will serve, and your job is to choose among the relatively limited options that you are given. This will be the reality of our lives a lot of the time, and that’s okay.”
Yeah thanks!! When i started being realistic about this distinction, and how it was showing up in our lives, it massively reframed things!