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LIFE SKILLS

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W e often spend time to know what our talents are and concentrate on how to develop our skill sets to achieve great heights. That’s good! But…. Are only these technical skills enough for our life? Not definitely, There are other interesting and important set of skills required for everyone to be a complete human. They are the “ LIFE SKILLS ” . Life skills are the skills that prepare us for daily life. These skills are required to deal with the daily chores and challenges faced during the course of life’s journey. It is defined as, “the abilities for adaptive and positive behavior that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life”.                                                                                 ...

# Are problems really a problem?

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Life is full of challenges. Some people seem to meet every challenge with confidence, while others struggle to overcome them.  If I ask you in general, what are your problems? You may come up with a big list - not being able to lose that extra weight, not being able to apologize to someone for a mistake that has been made, not being able to afford something that you desperately need, not being able to effectively discipline your kids, not being able to control your anger, anxiety, frustrations that make you feel absolutely miserable, not being able to make money, etc. I tell you my friends, Problems are uninvited guests in our lives. We don’t invite or wait for problems to come, but naturally it does shows its face often. Life’s problems are overbearing and inconvenient.   I mean, who really wants problems? It’s easier to just live a carefree life without having to deal with problems, right?   OK  now, How to think when you face a problem? ...

Are you really respecting your kid?

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# Parenting   Once when I went to my daughter’s school, I had chance talking to other mothers there. One particular lady came to me asking for parenting tips. She started complaining about the child that the child is not listening to her, not at all doing her works properly, scoring very low marks in tests, teacher complaining about her and so on. She was bursting out of frustration. I stopped her and asked what the age of the child was. She told she was talking about her younger daughter who was just 4 yrs old. Most of us find difficulty handling kids in our family. Am not gonna tell you anything new, but then reminding few things that you can follow. 1.     Do not compare : Each child is created differently. They have their own ability, strengths and talents. Even with siblings, it is not good to compare. This pushes your child into a complex. Love all your children equally. Give importance to all your children equally. And comparing with o...