Debra Rossing

The other thing, too, is that once the trust is built that you are a reliable source of information (rather than a source of information that holds judgment or bias), even if they don't exactly make the choice you would, they're willing to hear you out and examine the information you've provided. In some cases, they might just say "Oh, okay" (if it's something fairly small, not worth a lot of their time to investigate, in their opinion). In others, they might ask for or seek out additional viewpoints.

Isn't it great that you can build that trust now when they're young rather than trying to re-build it later when the stakes can be much higher

Deb R


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sanfrantigger

--=-- The other thing, too, is that once the trust is built that you are a reliable source of information (rather than a source of information that holds judgment or bias), even if they don't exactly make the choice you would, they're willing to hear you out and examine the information you've provided. --=--

That just helped me to make a connection. In my former career in financial services, we call that a "trusted advisor." I would like to be my child's trusted advisor. It is not a title I can simply give to myself. I need to earn it. Now I am off to think about what it means to earn it.