by Rich Patterson | Oct 7, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience, Teenagers
What Kids Need: Planning Skills As a former school administrator for many years, I can certainly testify to the need for kids to develop planning skills. In the high school where I worked for many years, we went to great lengths to provide each student with a...
by Rich Patterson | Oct 4, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience, Teenagers
What Kids Need: Friendship-Making Skills The Search Institute lists Friendship-Making Skills as Asset #27 on their 40 Developmental Assets for Youth list. The ability to make and keep friends is another lifelong skill that serves us all our life. When we are not...
by Rich Patterson | Oct 2, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience, Teenagers
What Kids Need: Decision-Making Skills I remember clearly my younger sister and me standing at a lunch counter when we were on a family vacation trying to decide what to order for lunch and unable to determine. I realized then that we both lacked decision-making...
by Rich Patterson | Sep 30, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience, Teenagers
What Kids Need: Assertiveness Skills The Search Institute’s list of the 40 Developmental Assets for Youth, #25 lists Assertiveness Skills is something kids need to learn to develop resilience in their lives. I would venture even to say that many adults still...
by Rich Patterson | Sep 27, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience, Teenagers
What Kids Need: Sexual Restraint Kids believe that it is essential to abstain from sex, according to the Search Institute’s youth survey of nearly three million kids. Most are willing to postpone becoming sexually active; however, only 36% report having this...
by Rich Patterson | Sep 25, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience, Teenagers
What Kids Need: Empathy Empathy is the ability to understand and share the deep feelings of another person. It often happens when a good friend listens to you when you’re frustrated, and they can rephrase what you’re saying with the same passion,...
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