Raise a Problem Solver by Talking Less and Questioning More
by Leslie Josel on Offspring, shared by Michelle Woo from Lifehacker on (#4F8NC)
The hardest parenting lesson I had to learn was to stop telling my kids what to do. It was much easier for me to bark out orders than to let them figure things out on their own. Doing so took time and patience, neither of which I had in abundant supply when my daughter and son were younger. And the net result of that"