LIFE SKILLS

LIFE SKILLS

UNICEF defines life skills as “a behavior change or behavior development approach designed to address a balance of three areas: knowledge, attitude and skills”.

Its not something very difficult to achieve for your child, what needed is little support and a positive approach of the parents and teachers towards the adolescence

Life skills help adolescents to transit successfully from childhood to adulthood by healthy development of social and emotional skills. It helps in the development of social competence and problem solving skills, which also help adolescents to form their own identity. Lack of identity can create hazardous for child .When they come across a situation it helps them to weigh pros and cons (normally adolescence will always in dilemma of ‘to be or not to be’ )

Life skills are abilities for adaptive and positive behavior, that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life.Now if you want to know what is life skill means then here is the explanation which believe that ‘there is a core set of skills that are at the heart of skills-based initiatives for the promotion of the health and well-being of children and adolescents.’
These are listed below
• Decision making                                          
• Problem solving
• Creative thinking
• Effective communication
• Self-awareness
• Empathy
• Coping with emotions
• Coping with stress
• Interpersonal relationship skills
Life skills are essential skills needed to be included in the education of young people. Life skills teaching promotes the learning of abilities that contribute to positive health behavior, positive interpersonal relationships, and mental well-being. Ideally, this learning should occur at a young age, before negative patterns of behavior and interaction have become established


 - Kavita patil