▶ Your Answer :Older teenage children are weak to make important decisions only for themselves. But they sometimes get stronger by doing this on their own. So it is not always necessary to make important decisions by their parents or older relatives. However, Parents or other adult relatives have a variety of experiences and knowledge of society which would be helpful for their teenager's decision makings. And, teenagers are not adults yet, who can make autonomous decisions. So I think it is not bad for parents to make important decisions for their older teenage children. There are several reasons.
First of all, they are the best guides. Parents always think of their children as first priority, even though others don't. So they can contemplate on their decision making than other adult people. For example, when i was a high school teenager, I had to make significant decision, which is about university major applications. At that time, I hope to go to art school, but I didn't make a decision either to go to visual design major or to go to fine art major. My art academy teachers said it is impossible for me to go to fine arts major because i can't pass the evaluations. But my parents said I can go to fine arts major of that university, because I have more possibility in there. And I follow their opinions, and I can pass the exam and go to that university.
Also, they have similar experiences. They are also teenagers in the past, and they might go through various trials and errors of their lives. To be specific, they have better sense of reality and their children can avoid countless disasters in their lives by their parents or older relatives. Some children think of themselves as they can do and decide everything and distrust their parents in significant moments.So they sometimes can't avoid bad events in their older teenager lives.
For these reasons, I agree with the opinion that parents or other adult relatives should make important decisions for their older teenage children. |