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Life Skills for Kids: Equipping Your Child for the Real World
Does your child know how to use a check book? Boil an egg? Do the laundry? Read a map? Homeschooler Christine Field helps parents systematically teach kids - from preschool to the teen years - what they need to know to thrive as adults.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Paperback, 336 pages
Published
November 24th 2010
by Shaw
(first published March 7th 2000)
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Here, finally, is straight-forward, thoughtful guidance for all the non-academic, practical life skills which all successful young adults must learn. Topics include finances, health, household organization and cleaning, conflict resolution, establishing one's reputation for reliability and integrity, and more.
This book is written from a Christian perspective but would be useful for people of any religious or non-religious persuasion.
Highly recommended.
This book is written from a Christian perspective but would be useful for people of any religious or non-religious persuasion.
Highly recommended.
A wake up call for today's parents - kids need to learn life skills and they need to learn them in the home, by doing! This book explains what past generations have always known - that kids need responsibility and to have experiences with work young in order to grow into healthy, confident, happy adults. It also gives suggestions on helping kids develop life skills like emotional health and responding to challenges and obstacles in a positive way, and ideas for celebrating the simple things in...more
This is a book I read only part of to help with a communication topic for Maia. This provided us some subjects to review such as, handling money, communication, relationships, conflict, health......May be used as a reference again in the future.
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A friend gave this book to me. Seems like a good book to start the new year with a focus on the importance of chores and establishing healthy habits for your family.
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How, why & when....great information that can be applied to any family situation.
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