[darnton]

Absolutely. Let your kids make mistakes. Let them do things wrong. Let them make odd decisions.

The best thing you can do for your children is help them to become good decision makers and the best way to do that is to let them make lots of decisions.

You can still make your values known and prevent damage and injury but let them do as much as possible and learn what works.

A great introduction to this type of thinking is Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn.