1. It is not only control freaks who think it practical and efficient if all decisions about what happens where, when, why and how are made by adults. Many adults are tempted. But children aren't cogs who slot neatly into a predetermined machine. If they are actively involved in making decisions, they are learning. They are also creating a better place for each other and everyone.
2. Letting children know what is happening is important. Asking them to choose between options is good. But children ought also to be helping to shape the whole agenda, not just individual decisions. Demanding choices from them in a vacuum can be meaningless, though. The trick is to listen, using fun activities and build listening into the things you'd do anyway.
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