I let my 8-year-old choose everything from bedtime to meals to whether he goes to school and now he weighs 200 pounds and hasn't been to class in weeks.
More people experience this than they realize.
Avoiding authority can become an abdication of the protective responsibility that children desperately need.
“Where Are You with Permissive parenting and its outcomes?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.