Every annoying adult you deal would have been better off if their parents focused on these important skills. Teaching life ...

Everyone needs a hobby. Hobbies help us decrease stress, make new social connections, and learn new skills. This is equally true for children, whose lives are often structured or arranged for them, ...

Life skills are needed as your neurodiverse client with learning disabilities (LDs) matures and gains independence. Often neglected, they greatly impact a student’s emotional well-being. They will ...

Parents spend the first 18 years of their kids’ lives tending to them on a practical and emotional level. They keep their kids safe and meet their daily needs. Ideally, parents provide unconditional ...

Most students are 18 when they graduate from high school—technically adults. But how well-prepared are they to handle the life skills adulthood requires, or even to choose a viable path forward? Not ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A summer spent playing sports, learning about engineering and computers, and gaining valuable life skills is ahead for several hundred Lafayette-area young people at the annual ...

Over a Thanksgiving dinner our family hosted last fall with four international students from George Mason University, a female graduate student from Peru recounted her experiences as a resident ...

A few years ago, I stunned a young student in one of my gardening classes after telling him that he couldn’t actually grow pickles—only cucumbers. From that moment he craved to learn more. Whether ...

Alethea Mshar is like most parents: the idea of having her kids do chores instead of just doing the tasks herself never seems like the easier choice. However, over the years, the mom has learned why ...

Higher education is designed to prepare students for their future lives and careers by imparting technical and soft skills, but what about practical, hands-on tasks, like managing a home or vehicle? A ...

At Saint Joseph's University, hundreds of kids gathered on Saturday for the 17th annual PECO-ASAP Checkmate Violence Chess Marathon. It's where Brandon Tran, 16, is learning skills to, not only win at ...

Key points Life skills often greatly impact a student’s emotional well-being, yet they're often neglected. With your client, explore their age-appropriate desires regarding friendship, dating, and ...