The best advice I've seen is to give them limited responsibility, and then let them deal with the limited consequences. Your job as a parent is to short term ca

The best advice I've seen is to give them limited responsibility, and then let them deal with the limited consequences. Your job as a parent is to short term care for your children, but long term make them independent and functional in society. If you never let them wear their shorts and tshirt in the snow when they really want to, they will never respect the cold or your advice.