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Parenting younger children<\/a> usually seems like saying no on repeat.<\/p>\n No, not immediately. No, that is sufficient. No, possibly later.<\/p>\n So for my daughter’s seventh birthday, I made a decision to strive one thing completely different. I made a decision to offer her a “Sure day”<\/a> and say sure to no matter request and need she had, inside resonable boundaries.<\/p>\n I first heard about it years in the past, earlier than I grew to become a mother. An excellent buddy informed me about an annual custom of their residence referred to as “Children in cost day,” the place her kids picked the meals, the outings, and the circulate of the day.<\/p>\n On the time, I had questions. What in the event that they ask for one thing unrealistic? What if it will get out of hand?<\/p>\n She informed me one thing I did not totally respect then, however that has stayed with me ever since: children aren’t as impressed with extravagance. What they need is consideration, time, and a way that their voice issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n We launched the concept when our daughter was 4, and it shortly grew to become one in all her favourite traditions. So this yr, we made it her birthday reward<\/a>, one thing she already liked, arriving proper on time.<\/p>\n