Building Resilience through Responsibility
A simple and effective way to teach children responsibility is to give them — you guessed it — chores!
In this article from KinderCare.com, Ann DeWitt shares how adults can help kids develop skills by taking on responsibilities that they are capable of doing for themselves.
“Parents today want their kids spending time on things that can bring them success, but ironically, we’ve stopped doing one thing that’s actually been a proven predictor of success—and that’s household chores,” says Richard Rende, a developmental psychologist in Paradise Valley, Ariz., and co-author of the forthcoming book Raising Can-Do Kids.
Wyatt practices responsibility at Resilient Jiu Jitsu by helping Coach Gabriel pick up our learning tools during class.