09294000000From the moment a kid is born he’s on a path to independence. But is it so easy to live all by yourself? You’ve learnt and you’ve lived and you know it well it’s difficult, managing everything without your parents indeed was difficult for everyone and will be for your kids. Your parents helped you learn those life skills you used to live independently and now it’s your turn to teach your kids the same. Life skills are something which cannot be taught by a book or at school. Parents make their kids learn life skills, also important adults and role modals. Let’s discuss together to know what are some essential life skills every child must learn.
Interactions With Others
Your kid will go to school, then college and then get a job, will date and get married and thus will meet a lot of people at every stage. He should know how to interact to them. Some kids are introvert and they find difficult talking to new people, it’s your job to teach them how.
Time Management
Time and tide wait for none, the sooner they learn it the better it is, so it is very very important to make them respect time and teach them to be punctual. You need to make your kid distinguish between the important works and the time wasters. It is very important to manage time and set priorities and your kid must know this. And before you teach them you need to practice it. Kids imitates their elders.
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Money Management
Let them make financial decisions on their own. No, we are not asking you to let them make it all by themselves, help them take one but let them feel free to at least think the way they want it to be. Say if you are giving them pocket money, tell them in advance that this 100 bucks is for whole a month and he’ll not be getting more. He surely will learn how to manage with whatever amount you are giving. Teach them to spend judiciously and not waste on things, useless but alluring. Teach them they don’t need everything their friends have or is showcased in a showroom.
Organizing
Your kids must be stuff savvy and before your kids it’s you who should be in order to keep the possessions organized. Teach them how to organize their closet, how to separate their good toys with damaged ones and donate them to one in need. Also you can teach them to organize their books and bags and bed and room. You can ask them to make different boxes for different stuffs, say like a memory box for some paintings and artwork they wanna save as a memory. Or say something like a souvenir box to keep safe mementos and letters and cards.
Maintenance and Repair
Once your kids have learnt taking care of their goods you can next teach them how to maintain the things which needs regular seen and maintenance. Include your kids in everyday household chores and also in keeping up the vehicle, help them to become more self reliant.
So these were some life skills one need to adapt to have a life much enjoyable. You cannot be there always for your kids and thus they need to learn do things on their own, we repeat, the sooner they learn, the better it is!
