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Guiding Your Children to Life Skills Understanding and Wellness
4 Important Areas to Address
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Having children is one of the greatest experiences you can experience. But as we all know, you suddenly stop being so innocent as you grow up and you realize the harshness of the real world.
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Aside from buying your children material things, that might make them happy in the short term, what really matters are life skills.
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Giving your child the proper start to life will always be paramount if you want them to be self-sufficient and able to cope with even the most harrowing circumstances on their own.
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We all want to feel that as if by chance, if we weren’t here tomorrow, our children had the right skills and mindset that will haul them through the thick and thin of life.
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We humans, on this tiny blue sphere, floating in outer space, are truly one of a kind. We go through so many emotions and complex trains of thought, that sooner or later the human condition will hit your children too.
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Being mortal and realizing that one day you will pass away should be a wake-up call for many. And yet, living life is more important to some, than trying to understand it and being at one with the concept of it.
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If you want to set your children on the right path, here are 4 areas you should look into.
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#1. Good and Evil
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One of, if not the most complicated structure of human civilization, is the concept of what is right and wrong. As parents, it’s our job to teach our children to function within these parameters.
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But truly, good and evil often intertwine with one another, and suddenly the issue becomes a bit of a grey area.
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We’d like to think that we know where the line is drawn. In reality, this is mostly so that we are comforted.
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The basic rule of thumb is to do unto another what you would want unto you. This means you should be teaching your children to think carefully about their actions and remind themselves of how they would want to be treated by a stranger.
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The concept of respect, listening and trying to understand people before you judge them is vital to the growth of their minds.
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When they are young, controlling emotions is a very difficult task at times. However, if you can sit down with them as often as you can, and teach them to picture how they wish to be perceived in the minds of others, they can begin to understand empathy.
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However, try to teach them that sometimes good and evil cross paths and avoiding being stuck in the grey area are something that they will learn over time.
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#2. Exploring The Psyche
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If you have children who are bright and have a mindful sense of trying to peel back the layers of the psyche, you can help them to pick a path educationally.
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Additionally, they may want to explore different avenues pertaining to the psyche. Their particular faith might allow them to divulge this way of thinking onto others. Psychology, then, might be the right choice.
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However there aren’t always the right kind of courses taught in universities, and often, campuses around the world prohibit any display of faith due to sensitivity barriers.
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Your children can carry over their academic credits, and the online course will act like any other certified degree. There are courses as short as six weeks if they would like to give it a try and they have the possibility of being 100% free.
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The extended courses will delve deeper into subjects that will help the child to become a counselor, career coach, case worker, and social worker to name but a few.
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The interplay of faith guiding them, and mixing in the science of the real world will allow them to understand the psyche of human beings from all walks of life.
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The joy and pure satisfaction that can be felt, when knowledge and persistence help another human being out of a dark and rough patch in life cannot be underestimated.
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#3. Philosophy
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The most advanced minds in the world, which just so happen to be mathematical or scientific, may not have the complex nature of a philosophical mind.
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We still sit in awe, at the genius of figures like Socrates and Plato, even today. You may realize that your children are not like others their age.
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They may wonder about very complex philosophical questions that explore the nature of existence, morality, and mortality. If so, engage with them.
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As early as you possibly can, introduce them to books of a philosophical leaning. These will help them to understand the origins of such thinking.
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Ancient Greece is where modern civilization and thought started, so start with that. Rome advanced diplomacy. It was perhaps the first true state of politics despite Greece being where democracy was born.
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Unlike faith, philosophy will introduce fresh minds to literature that studies humankind as a society, going back to the days of bitter survival. .
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Equally as important are the questions that lie ahead for humanity. These inevitably involve trying to use science as cautiously as possible.
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The interplay of families and friendships will also be on the minds of your children if they possess an analytical mind. Start them off early by giving them books to read. In addition, introduce them to teachers who might teach this subject at their school.
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#4. Right vs Wrong
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Teaching children right from wrong is the most basic and yet complex task for every parent.
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Setting them on the right path of understanding and wellness has to start with the concept of treating other human beings as they would want to be treated.
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If their faith is strong and they want to understand the psyche of humanity, then they should be directed toward courses that will help them to make a career out of their passion.
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Philosophy helps children to understand the world around them if they’re lost. Even really young children ask questions like ‘why is the sky blue?’ It’s because they’re inquisitive and want to understand the world and life in general.
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Give them books to read on the subject of philosophy so that they may ingest knowledge and complex thought pattern techniques in their own time.
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