1. Micro-managing our children’s lives

• helicopter parenting – hovering over our children
• children don’t learn how to think for themselves

2. Being over-competitive for our children

• puts undue pressure on children

3. Overscheduling our children’s lives

• can be caused by fear that our children will be left out or left behind

4. Overprotecting and rescuing our children

• leads to children not taking responsibility or learning from their mistakes
• allow children to take increasing responsibility for themselves
• pass on information and values to give them a moral framework to live by

Helping children make good choices

Complete the attached worksheet.