Throwback Parenting

For a child to be prepared to leave home at age 18 confidently, they must master a variety of skills. As a parent, it can be overwhelming to think of all the things you must teach your kids in the years leading up to the launch. Over the next several weeks, we will be teaching you simple and practical ways to arm your kids with essential life skills and faith skills. In each short episode, we will tackle one skill and leave you with an actionable challenge to help you implement it in your family.  This week, we are laying the groundwork by giving you a simple formula that will help you teach your child just about any skill: Tell - Show - Do Listen in to learn how it works. Weekly Challenge: Make a list of skills your child will need to master before age 18 and highlight the ones that are most pressing. We will use this list as a foundation as we build upon existing skills. To make it even easier, we have compiled a list of skills and when it makes sense to teach them (between the ages of three and eighteen) i