8 Life Skills That Need To Be Taught To Children From An Early Age

Illustration of early childhood life skills (Freepik)

JAKARTA – Life skills or life skills need to be taught by parents to their children so that they can live more independently. According to Tim Elmore, life skills are useful for preparing children to walk, not making paths for children.

You can start teaching life skills to children at the age of 10. At that age, they are ready motorly, psychologically, and cognitively to receive teaching from their parents. What life skills can be taught, here is the list.

1. Preparing simple meals

When you have more time, invite your child to help prepare meals. Give them tasks and keep the atmosphere cheerful so that when they fall apart or the rice is spilled and the gravy is messy they stay calm.

Another thing that can be taught is how to make sandwiches or bake bread with monitoring to maintain safety. Show them that preparing food is not difficult, it is fun.

2. Use your device wisely

Do you enforce screentime on your baby? Spending more time in front of screens, it is important to agree on rules to help them navigate the digital world safely. Tell them that you only talk to people you know in real life. Do not provide personal information such as date of birth, home address, or telephone number.

3. Washing clothes

Many teens go to college without knowing how to tidy up and tidy up their clothes. You can start lessons from washing clothes when children are about 6 years old. Teach them the steps, how to wash, and how to make this activity fun.

Illustration of early childhood life skills (Freepik/Bearfotos)

4. Write a letter

Letter writing is a skill that is being abandoned day by day. But writing good letters digitally is important. You can teach the five important parts of a letter, including the date, greeting, body, conclusion, and signature.

5. Help someone who is choking

Reported by Parents, Thursday, January 20, 9-year-olds can learn PCR, according to the American Heart Association. Like Andrea Saroza, teaches how to help someone who is choking on her children with a teddy bear. Practice can be a lot of fun and you can teach the basics.

Steps that can be taught, first stand behind the person who is choking and wrap your arms around him. Make a fist with one hand, placing the thumb side just above the navel but below the ribs. Holding a fist with the other hand, push the stomach with a quick push in and up. Repeat until the choking food comes out.

6. Treating wounds

To make sure children don't panic at the sight of blood, avoid overreacting. Invite them to plan games to help distract from the pain. If the cut or scrape is bleeding, press firmly on the area with a clean cloth until it stops.

Clean the wound under running water, or gently dab it with a damp towel. Then, apply the antibiotic ointment with a cotton swab and finally, cover it with a bandage or gauze.

7. Navigation

When you get lost, you may understand who to ask for the way or how to find your way. However, children need to be taught how to solve it. Let the kids complete their quest at the zoo or museum to teach them to navigate their way to their destination.

8. Shopping

Not to teach him to be consumptive, but shopping needs a special trick. Even children need to know how much the goods purchased. Then train the children to shop for their favorite food at the shop. Let the children pay for themselves by giving them pocket money and counting their change.

These are the basic skills or life skills that need to be taught by parents.