This is so not my area of expertise. Ask my husband and he will tell you that I don’t make decisions. Where do you want to go eat? I don’t know. What should we do? I don’t care. Then there is the ever popular, what do you think?

I’m a collaborator when it comes to making decisions. I like input from everyone in the group so we can come to some sort of consensus about the decisions we are making. Try to keep as many people happy and involved as possible.

When it comes to my kids this probably isn’t the best example. I want to make sure they are strong, independent thinkers. Able to make decisions and stand behind them.

Right now, every decision in our house is made by eeny meeny miny mo. Usually a couple of times before it’s final so they can get the outcome they want. Far more annoying than my inability to make decisions. I think so anyway. Some may argue it’s not because they are at least making decisions on their own.

Some of my pain I bring on myself. I involve them a lot with decision making. You know…my inability to make them so let the kids do it. Making kids do things you don’t want to do is the reason you have kids after all, right?!

The real reason I involve them so much is to give them a sense of control. I know it’s good for them. Let them make as many small decisions as possible. Help them to begin to understand they need to live with the decisions they have made. Believe me many times they are not!

It is my hope that we are building a strong foundation for later. Right now I will have to find a way to tolerate eeny meeny miny mo over and over and over and over…you get the idea.