7 golden principles in teaching life skills

Everyone understands the importance of life skills, but how to teach them is a question that not many people can answer. Below are 7 golden principles to help children develop into a person with full life skills.

1. Don't spoil children too much

Every parent loves and wants to give their children the best, even letting them do as they please anytime, anywhere, in everything.

But children live more by instinct because they have not been taught how to live, what is good, what is not good, so if parents are lenient with their children such as being generous, forgiving of mistakes, lowering expectations for the child, or being surrounded by excess material, it will cause the child to grow up with a weak personality, demanding, even authoritarian or selfish. Invisibly causing the child to lack life skills seriously.

2. Do not interfere too much in your child's space.

Parents need to prioritize their time for their children, but that does not mean sacrificing all their work and hobbies to focus on interfering in every area of ​​their child's personal life. Caring and spending time with your child does not mean doing homework for them, choosing playmates for your child, or choosing their sports or entertainment preferences.

If you do so, you will make your child dependent, living parasitically on them, while the child's instinct since the age of 2 has been to assert his independence.

3. Teach children according to their age

Each different age will have an impact on the child's behavior. When a child is 3 years old, he should learn to be independent by doing personal hygiene, eating and dressing himself... But when he turns 13, the age of curiosity, searching and discovery, he should be taught to develop intelligence and understanding by reading good books, talking or arguing at the dinner table.

Letting your child follow the natural laws of development is also a way for them to learn age-appropriate life skills with the most practical experiences.

4. Let your children be independent

Setting limits that help children develop competence, self-control, and self-responsibility is a good way to encourage independence and self-direction. Children will need both to succeed in life. Many parents confuse independence with rebellion or disobedience. Children need independence because it is part of human nature to want to be in control rather than feel controlled by others.

5. Avoid being too harsh in discipline

Never use force with your children under any circumstances. This is actually a big challenge for many parents, but as one of the ways to teach children good life skills, this is something parents should try. Children who are beaten often tend to like to fight with other children. Children can become bullies and use violence to solve problems.

Parents who limit the use of force as much as possible will make their children feel loved, and help them grow up with more mature thoughts than if they were forced by their parents. There are many other punishments besides beatings, such as not letting children play their favorite games if they are naughty or punishing them by making them stand in a corner and not talk...

6. Respect children

The best way to get respect from your child is to respect them yourself. You should treat your child the same way you treat the adults around you. Speak politely to your child, respect their opinions, and listen carefully when they talk to you...

The way parents treat their children with respect is the foundation for their future relationships with others. Children will learn to respect others and demand respect from others.

7. Build your own actions correctly

Don’t just teach your children to do the right things while still doing the opposite yourself. The actions that parents show, their daily activities, their attitudes towards all issues have a strong impact on children’s perception. We often think that the smallest actions of parents do not affect children while children always watch and imitate adults.

Teaching life skills to children is always not easy when children are very active and have a lot of instincts. There are many good methods that parents can approach, but the 7 principles above are the most important and fundamental principles for parents to help children acquire the necessary life skills related to daily life.

According to VNN