5 Basic Skills That Youth Needs For Future Success

Illustration of basic skills that teenagers need for future success (Freepik/zinkevych)

YOGYAKARTA Every parent expects their children to get success in the future. Whatever fields are occupied, basic skills need to be possessed by teenagers to support their future. Apart from getting a good job and income, they also need to know how to get their happiness. So how to make it happen?

Launching Harvard Health, Sunday, January 29, the skills that teenagers have are not only related to extracurricular activities. But more on basic skills that help navigate the challenges of life. These skills include the following explanations.

When children are young, maybe parents or caregivers make plans for them. But when they get older, they need to do it themselves. So teach about simple planning. For example planning time or planning pocket money to save or spend on their needs.

The two examples above describe short-term and long-term plans. The short-term refers to their duties at home before doing activities. Meanwhile, in the long term, teach how to make plans about a month, a year, or the educational plans they want.

Smart devices and technology can be an aspect of being distractive at all ages, including for teenagers. That is, it is important to regulate focus, time limit, reaction limit and interaction with social media, and strategies to manage time.

This is where it is important to pay attention to your own reactions to the situation. Self-control is about how to control yourself from feelings you feel, how to calm yourself down, and their behavior that can affect others. In essence, they need to learn about self-awareness and how to respond appropriately to the situation experienced.

A teenager can be very conscious, but mostly in their own world. So parents need to help their teenage children learn more than that. Try to talk about the latest events and how these events affect people. They may have a distinctive perspective. But still need to be guided to keep developing and useful not only for himself, but for his family, closest people, and society.

The dynamics of life are never unexpected. A person can be thrown up very high, but unexpectedly can fall into the ground. This means that a person needs to be skilled and flexible in the face of the dynamics of life. Don't be too rigid with the schedule, but help your children to make and recognize their priorities. In addition, encourage teenagers to do spontaneous activities and be parents as role models.

Teenagers may fail. Parents need to hold back their reactions, so they don't get angry or vent disappointment that has a bad effect on their children. Give them a chance and let them figure out how to cope with failure. Then help them bounce back and teach the skills of life for the success of teenagers in the future.