Teen Skills

We never thought it would happen but the realities of emergency preparedness hit our home. It's a serious topic, but here are ways to make preparedness fun.

Have your teens practice perspective taking, inferencing and social skills by utilizing these fun "fill in the speech/thought bubble" task cards.These cards are targeted toward teens (middle, high and secondary school) where your older students will get to practice:1: Reading a social situation and ...

Is your tween or teen stressed out from too many activities? Try these techniques to help tweens and teens slow down and relax.

When raising our kids it can be easy to just do it ourselves, but when we do that we forget to teach our kids old-fashioned skills they should learn.

As a parent, teach the essential everyday life skills for teens that help them transform into happier adults and to learn basic living skills.

Do you have a teen with autism that has difficulty understanding social skills? Check out our list of 50+ social skills to help your teen...

Social skills are a critical element to helping kids succeed socially, emotionally, personally, and even academically. These are the skills are the behaviors that help kids join in conversations, collaborate with peers, develop lasting friendships, self-advocate when they need help, and so much more

Life skills for teens need to be a part of your lesson plans. If you want capable adults, you need to regularly work on life skills with your middle school kids. Don't know where to start? This list has dozens of skills to to choose from and ideas for making the learning fun.

17 FUN SOCIAL SKILLS ACTIVITIES for KIDS (including some tips for kids with autism): starting conversations, respecting personal space, expressing emotions

By Samurai Mom Friends are so important to a teenager’s development that the relative scarcity of them is likely to make your teen anxious. Very…

Looking for the list of life skills that will help your child become an independent and self-suffiecient adult? Here are 17 basic life skills that will help your children live on their own.

think it is important that parents understand exactly what teens are going through. It makes it a little easier to swallow. When children are young, they tend to get a free pass. When the two year old colors on a wall, we get upset. However, we know they are growing and learning. We do not seem as bothered by youngsters misbehaving. Did you know teens are still growing and learning? Matter of fact, this is their natural way of preparing for adulthood. Not only are they developing…

Life is not all rosy, it has its fair share of challenges. Having the necessary skills for life, makes all the difference. As parents, we must teach our kids, to help them overcome and sometimes adapt to the many challenges life could throw their way. When I was growing up as a child, one of

Don't let your teen go out to live on his own without being prepared! Make sure you have taught these 25 life skills for teens BEFORE your child leaves the house.

Do you have a teen with ADHD? Now is the time to make sure you are training him in life skills for college and into adulthood. Here's how.

All too often, teens leave home without learning some necessary life skills. Check out this list of life skills you or your teens need to master right away!