Practical Parenting with Yael Bertram
Help Your Kids Make Decisions
Apr 26, 2026 · 6 min · 5 segments
Four steps that invite clarity
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Practical Parenting with Yael Bertram
Apr 26, 2026 · 6 min · 5 segments
Four steps that invite clarity
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Very often, our children, just like us, when they're faced with a choice, they tend to go into urgency mode.
So remind them that they have the time and space to reflect on all of their options.
99.9% of the time they have more time to reflect and to decide than they think they do.
So remove the urgency and that already will calm them down and help them feel more grounded and centered, which will make the decision-making process much smoother.
Step two, ask them open-ended, curious questions about the situation okay so you want to ask them about their options and really help them process what's going on in their heads what might happen if you choose that what feels exciting about this option what worries you what's the worst case scenario what feels more aligned with who you are what feels right to you if there was no fear what would you choose What might happen if you do X, Y, and Z? So you want to just ask curious questions and let them schmooze it out.
Very often, our children, just like us, when they're faced with a choice, they tend to go into urgency mode.
So remind them that they have the time and space to reflect on all of their options.
99.9% of the time they have more time to reflect and to decide than they think they do.
So remove the urgency and that already will calm them down and help them feel more grounded and centered, which will make the decision-making process much smoother.
Step two, ask them open-ended, curious questions about the situation okay so you want to ask them about their options and really help them process what's going on in their heads what might happen if you choose that what feels exciting about this option what worries you what's the worst case scenario what feels more aligned with who you are what feels right to you if there was no fear what would you choose What might happen if you do X, Y, and Z? So you want to just ask curious questions and let them schmooze it out.
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