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 

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