Create Meaningful Milestones for Your Child

Choose clear, age-linked milestones. Refer to even-numbered birthdays (6, 8, 10…) as opportunities to add specific freedoms and responsibilities, like running errands or earning allowance.

Celebrate transition with family or community rituals. Mark the milestone with a small ceremony or gathering, emphasizing personal growth and the new responsibility gained.

Make each new freedom conditional on past responsibility. Tie expanded privileges to demonstrated maturity or follow-through, not simply age alone.