Teach Life Skills

Prepare your children to become independent adults, with the knowledge and ability to take good care of themselves and make good choices.

Life Skills by Age

Sometimes parents don’t attempt to train their children to do something because it’s faster, less frustrating, and done better if they just do it themselves. But then both the children and the parents lose out on the benefits of empowerment.

Teach Good Values

Children live by their values. Values guide their every choice and can keep them from getting into trouble.

Good Values to Teach

Values are a personal thing. Identify what values are important to you so you can teach them. You are already modeling them.

Teach Desirable Behavior

Raising children is like raising cattle. You’ve got to give cattle a big pasture with plenty of room to roam plus a sturdy fence to keep them within safe boundaries. You’ve got to give your children plenty of room to roam, to explore and to experiment, plus provide limits and boundaries.

Model Good Behavior

Want your kids to be kind? Let them see you hold the door open for someone, let someone go in front of you in line, or offer help to someone.

Give Attention to Good Behavior

Giving attention to good behavior reinforces the behavior and makes children want to cooperate.

Give Choices

Giving children choices gives them a sense of personal power, and when a child has a couple of options to consider, putting up a struggle might not even cross her mind.