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3 Life Skills to Teach Your Children Right Now
Yes, in addition to homeschooling
Right now, parents, teachers, and children are truly in it together. We are figuring out technology, remote learning, connection, empathy, change management, and prioritization together. It’s a day-by-day evolution, and in many ways, it’s a good thing for our families, classrooms, and society.
It’s an opportunity for parents to demonstrate leadership. Parental leadership means not just acting as a surrogate teacher, providing oversight for our kids’ academic curriculums, but intentionally choosing life lessons and life skills to share while we are hunkered in our bunkers, so to speak.
Luckily, all of these exercises check many boxes, are cross-functional, and don’t feel like “just more homework.” Research at the University of Colorado at Boulder found that the kids who have free time to create and structure their activities, develop stronger executive functioning skills than kids whose lives are more continuously structured by adults.
So, don’t tackle these projects as assignments, attempts to keep your kids busy, or as part of a curriculum, but rather share enjoyable experiences, have meaningful conversations, and create something amazing.
