Parents..

Today in class when we talked about the power and decisions it made me really think about my parents. The 6 sources of influence were really easy to understand. Of the 6 influences I see the referent influence in my parents. A lot of their decisions are made together and are made with respect and love. Of course they have their moments where they use the information or expert influences. Either way usually they make the decision of the one that knows what is best because they are the expert or know the right information. They rarely use the authority influence in those situations because they both end up coming to the fact they respect and love the other person and would never make them choose a decision that might make the other person upset. Often a lot of their decisions are about me and my siblings. When we ask to do something or if we can have something or anything they won't say yes or no until they talk to the other one. To me it's annoying that I can't get an answer right away but at the same time I've learned through this class it makes sense why they want to wait to make those decisions with my other parent. They know that they work as a team when it comes to us and they want to talk things through with the other one first.