How can parents encourage the self development and growth of their child toward reaching their goals

Explanation:

Democratic parenting refer to treating children as equals, that doesn't mean that they have to see parents as the friends only, but they also have to see parents as an authority, but a democratic authority.

Being democratic parents means to offer an environment which set rules, where children can express themselves, can say how they feel, what they like, and also what they don't like, and the most important thing, parents must offer an environment where children know about consequence of their acts, that's crucial.

If children know that their actions have consequences, they often will learn to seek the best decisions towards their thinking processes, and then behaviour, and that is one of the most important thing to self-develop, grow and achieve their goals. To know that they must work hard to get what they want.