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Today’s Child

teach your child

to problem SolVe

BY NICOLEEN DAVIES, LIFE TALK FORUM

very day, we all have problems, essential that you teach them the life PROBLEM SOLVING BUILDS SKILLS
conflicts or issues that need to skill of problem solving. This skill can be Did you know that problem-solving
Ebe resolved. For our children, it applied to issues big or small. skills result in an array of other different
is no different. When times get tough, it’s likely that skills being developed? Some of these
They may not know where to find your child will immediately turn to you to are listed below, along with tips on how
their toy or what they want to wear, or help them resolve an issue. But compare you can hone each one:
they may be in a conflict situation with this to the workplace and the fact that • Logic: In talking through a problem,
a sibling over sharing a toy. To them, so many people don’t look to others to your child will learn to break down a
these are real issues. By teaching your help them solve or fix an issue, because situation into smaller parts or facts.
children how to solve problems from a they are able to do so themselves. This helps in a conflict situation,
young age, you set them up to develop for example, where they learn to
valuable habits that will carry them separate the facts from the story so
through life. that only the facts are dealt with. If it
In the same way that you teach is a multifaceted problem, this process
your child to speak or ride a bike, it’s

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