[steve_adams_86]

Absolutely, there's no other way to build your relationship and their trust in you as a parent.

And that goes several ways - are you sure your decisions are correct and therefor should be trusted? Do you know with absolute certainty that your child understands your decisions? Have you heard them out on the matter? Is there room for a compromise, and are you showing your child a reasonable degree of trust in return?

Without any of this, I don't see how it's a success. Your kids won't learn these strategies without seeing them. It leaves a lot of room for resentment. It seems very dysfunctional.

My kids like when I talk to them about this stuff, even if they disagree. They like to hear my anecdotes about being a dumb kid. Knowing I'm human, that my parents made mistakes, that I made mistakes, I still do - they like knowing the lines are open and I'm not a brick wall.