Are You Concerned About Childhood Bullying, School Yard Violence And The Decline In Social Values?
If so, you are not the only one. These concerns are a growing trend among parents and teachers throughout the world. Worse, it is known that these issues are increasingly causing anxiety for children. As parents and educators, we believe it is our job to do something about it. It is up to us to teach our children values and to give them the life skills they need to manage themselves in our community.
The Answer Is Social And Emotional Learning For Children
Education should not simply be about language and numbers, it also needs to be about emotional and social management. It needs to be about providing children with a philosophy for living. This fact is well researched. Social and emotional learning are fundamental to a child’s academic learning. Those children who acquire social and emotional skills find it easier to manage themselves, relate to others, learn academic skills and feel positive.
How Do We Give Them These Life Skills
Life Skills Programs believe that many of these skill are not taught at school and therefore it is our role as parents to be the prime social and emotional educators of our children. The goal of this is to facilitate our childrens’ overall growth, development and choices, guiding them to become responsible and fulfilled members of our community.
As a parent with no training in this field though, knowing what to do can be difficult. This is where the Life Skills Programs can be of tremendous value. They give parents both fresh ideas and structured programs to teach children skills like tolerance, self awareness and responsibility, also imparting strategies and positive attitudes to deal with fear, mistrust and aggression.
These programs are particularly successful as they create a learning environment between parents and children that are mutually fun. So as well as teaching children these vital life skills, the bond between child and parent also strengthens. Parents often notice an improvement in respect, caring and co-operation from their children.
The three focused life skills programs available today are Confidence, Resilience and Self Esteem. They can be purchased on this website individually or as an all inclusive program pack. You can access in-depth information about these programs by clicking through to the respective product pages.
We have recently also written an eBook for parents about bullying. This straightforward guide explains to parents why bullying happens and then offers effective strategies for dealing with bullying. You can click through here for more information about this downloadable book: Bullying – A Guide For Parents
Also, please browse our childrens books section. All the books in our Pip series help reinforce the positive messages from the life skills programs. They are effective companions to the programs or great and insightful story books on their own.
