Life Skills Every Child Needs to Learn

At some point our children will grow up and they will need to navigate adult challenges. They'll need to get a job, or start a business, manage their finances, cook, clean, learn to manage conflict, plan, prioritise, and so on and so on.What are the skills they will need, and how can we better prepare them in childhood so we’re not leaving all the learning until adulthood?Here are the highlights: (02:34) Striking up conversations with strangers (04:49) Building confidence in small steps (09:56) Making beds, laying tables and cooking meals (17:19) The lost art of the handwritten letter (20:17) How to answer a landline phone (25:36) The importance of life skills for children 💚 Let's grow our village together, please share this episode with at least one friend 💚 Complete the listener poll to let me know what you'd like in future episodes💚 You can watch the Bucket Emptying Episodes on Youtube💚 Access the free resources mentioned in the episodes💚 Join our campaign One Million Moments to reduce the number of children struggling with mental health challenges from 17% to 10% by 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.