It's one of the many skills that I want her to know in case she ever finds herself stranded in a parking lot just like her father at that very moment. I also wanted to get her familiar with a car engine, even though to me it mostly looks like metal spaghetti. Parents know there is a whole host of life skills that our children need to learn, but my reasons date back to my childhood. My father taught me how to do laundry, but no one talked about mental health -- we covered up our issues with bro talk and the firm belief that real men don't cry. Do your children know how to help maintain the family vehicle? It's an important skill they should know by the time they are adults, says Shannon Carpenter. Car repair, finances, cooking, and mental health: There are so many skills we need to teach that it can often seem overwhelming. Which ones can they learn on their own? How much do we teach versus standing back and letting them learn from the experience? I've continued these life skill lessons with my three children over the years and I don't split the chores by gender. A smart person once told me that "dishes don't care about gender," and I make it a point to give my sons not just my daughter the fundamentals they'll need as independent adults. Don't fear if you didn't start early with your children. I've found the middle school years are a perfect time to teach many of them. Here's how I do it. I started my kids on household chores young because I refuse to send any of them into the world without being able to provide the most basic care for themselves. We started small such as teaching them how to crack an egg or load the washing machine. We made a game of it and let it get messy. With these small exposures, the kids were able to eventually get comfortable with the chore, gain competence and then finally achieve confidence. We do this by giving them clear expectations and then stepping away after we have taught them. This allows our kids to take ownership of the task, and Lahey notes that they learn to solve problems and deal with failure. Yes, we have had some magnificent disasters in this house we all remember the great lemon tart disaster of 2018 and the banshee wail of the smoke alarms. Each one was a moment where we could come together as a family, figure out the solution and deal with the consequences. One of my biggest moments of pride was when my eighth-grade son taught his older cousin him how to grill the perfect All-American brat. As a father, I'll admit, I teared up a bit as he double-clicked the tongs.
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