Should children under 15 must be allowed to take their own decisions freely

Pakistan
January 15, 2007 5:40am CST
Should children under 15 must be allowed to take their decisions on their own without the interuption of their parents or their teacher or any elder. Should you take this point in a positive manner or this should not be followed. What are your opinions
10 responses
@dravid (1047)
• India
15 Jan 07
i think it depends upon the impotance of the matter...as such i dont belive inretricting themselves...i belive they are matured peoples...and have good level ofthinking powe somtimes better than adults...but just can't make them totally free
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
1 Feb 07
Kids need to be able to make some decisions on their starting from an early age about things like what to wear, what hobbies to undertake, and the like. As they get older, this decision making power must increase if you exspect your kid to be an independent grownup. Of course, parents need to help out with big decisions.
• Philippines
1 Feb 07
well at a very young age of 1 or 2 children are trained to make decision by preparing 3 sets of shirts and allowing them to choose one....etc.... this will help kids in making decision as they grow. At age 15 , teens are now expose to reality of life, meaning they have rights to decide for their own good and take the risk of it BUT not to all aspect in their lives, they are still in the loving care of parents. at 15 they can decide what kind of organizations in school they want to join, to decide whether to attend a party of a classmate or friend, to decide on their projects to make it more good in school... at this age many things have to be decided by them alone... BUT when it comes to relationship still parents must be concerend enough to give advices to their teens. at this age also they are curious to know things so parents must talk to them maturely for guidance
• United States
27 Jan 07
I think children should be allowed more freedom to make their own decisions as they get older. I think parents should be behind them all the time, helping to guide their decisions and they should intervene if a harmful decision is made.
• Philippines
16 Jan 07
i think it depends on the situation or that requires them to decide. if it is just simple things that would have no dire or severe consequences, then parents can consider letting their kids under 15 make their own decisions.in a way, it will serve as training for the kids to learn how to be more responsible and how to make good decisions in the future. but still, parents constant guidance must be there to explain to their kids the effects or the consequences of the decisions that they have made.
@shalwani (760)
• Pakistan
27 Jan 07
I think children who are under 15 years of age are too young too take any decisions but still if we want to make our children brave we should advice them to take the decisions of life by doing this they will came to know what is good and what is bad for them,...
• India
16 Jan 07
it is depends upon matter i mean to say that if that decision related to him and it is not harmful than let him to take their own decision freely . but it is responsibility of parents to keep close watch to their child .
• India
15 Jan 07
no they should not b it must b PG
• India
16 Jan 07
I think it should not happen, children has to under the guidance of parents until 17
@marcky (77)
• Philippines
16 Jan 07
Nope, it should not be. They need Parental Guidance and support from us. They could only give suggestions.