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Teaching Kids Life Skills

by Tara M 4 Comments

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One of my big goals as a parent is to prepare my children for the real world. In addition to planting God’s Word in their hearts and academics in their brains, it’s my job to make sure they can live independently some day. I want them to have the skills to go out and get a job, run a home, and eat more than macaroni-and-cheese.

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I am the oldest of four children. My mom was a single mom until I was in high school. While I could do laundry and take care of my siblings when I moved out, there was so much I was not prepared to do. I blundered my way through managing my home. I had almost zero money-management skills. I couldn’t {and still can’t} check my own oil or change a tire.

However, these are exactly the skills that I want my children – all of them – to have when they move out of my house. Yes, my sons and my daughters. I want my boys to know how to cook and clean, and I want my girlie girl to know basic car maintenance skills.

I realize that I am not the only one intentionally training my children to care for themselves and their families later in life. So, I thought I’d share what that looks like in our house. As I started writing that post, however, it just kept getting longer and longer. I decided to turn it into a series focused on life skills for kids.

Over the upcoming months, I will discuss various life skills that will teach our kids responsibility as well as prepare them to be able to manage a household one day. I will tackle one skill at a time such as laundry, chore systems, time management, money management, and more.

I will share the resources and systems we use as well as other resources available. I will include printables as often as possible, as well. I hope you will join me over the next few months as we intentionally prepare our children.

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  1. Nicola Jones says

    February 10, 2015 at 10:41 AM

    Tried to sign up and got fwd to active campaign login.

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    • Amy Blevins says

      February 10, 2015 at 11:07 AM

      I am so sorry! You can use the form in sidebar instead if you like. I am not sure why that form is not working.

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  2. Emily says

    February 10, 2015 at 11:39 AM

    I am doing Life Skills with my four kids this year, as well. I, like you, was ill-prepared to function well in the “real world” and don’t want the same for my kids. I have compiled a list of things I would like them to know by the time we are finished. Some of them are simple and only take a few minutes. Others will take some time to cover. I am excited to see (and steal ideas) from you as you tackle this.

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  1. Keeping a Clean House with Kids says:
    May 2, 2019 at 5:35 PM

    […] will seriously benefit them as they go out on their own someday. Soft skills like these — life skills we’ll call them – are the greatest lack among college students […]

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