Not listed as a Power and Control Wheel tactic?

• A. Mutual decision making.
• B. Economic abuse.
• C. Using threats.
• D. Using children.

Answer: (A)

The idea behind the Power and Control Wheel is to map the tactics an abuser uses to maintain dominance in a relationship. Mutual decision making does not fit those tactics because it reflects equality, shared power, and collaboration, not coercion. The wheel highlights strategies aimed at control—economic abuse, threats, and using children are examples of that coercive behavior. So, mutual decision making stands apart as a healthy, cooperative pattern, rather than a tactic of abuse.