Basic Life skills

Kids should have by the time they get out of High School.

1.Shop

Shopping is about finances. It is about wants versus needs. It is about quality and workmanship. Sales, coupons, and deals. All this needs to be taught by parents so your child makes good choices and isn’t taken advantage of.

The latest style is not necessarily the best deal or choice. Your child needs to see the bigger picture.

2. Plan an outing.

Your child needs to know the how, when, and why of things. They need to know how to plan an event and all that goes into planning. The beginning, middle and end of things. That includes invitations, menus, hosting and of course cleaning up.

Putting together a party, picnic or special dinner are all possibilities and things they will have to do as adults, and you need to introduce them to all that they entail.

3. Take public transportation.

In most big cities, this is necessary. Even if your kids are raised in a small town, they need to know how public transportation works. Buses, taxis, and now Uber are all possibilities for training your child.

Please understand that this is just a small list and depending on where and how you live there can be many more skills to add to the list.

Also understand that this list is gender neutral, and all children, girls and boys, need to have these skills.

Resource: Parenting.com Ellen Strum Niz

Frank J Walker LMFT-retired

Frank is a retired marriage counselor living on the central coast.

Check out all his blogposts at

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School Days

Here are a few suggestions from a therapist and ex-teacher for getting the best out of your child’s school year.

Be a role model for your children, read to them and read for pleasure yourself.

You didn’t have the best experience in your own experiences with school. Don’t let your bad experiences hinder your child’s impressions of what school can be.

Help them understand that an education is important for their future.

In fact, why don’t you help them dream and plan for that future by emphasizing the importance of the classes they will be taking in school?

Let them know why math, history and language arts will be a steppingstone to their future dreams.

Frank J Walker LMFT-retired

Frank is a retired marriage counselor living on the central coast.

Check out all his blogposts at

walkertherapy.wordpress.com

and check his YouTube channel

“A Marriage Minute”

@ Frank Walker LMFT

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Frank’s has written several books that are available @

http://www.blurb.com/user/store/frankjwalker

 

 

 

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Let us not grow weary of doing good…

Galatians 6:9

Good is something we all should persue.

Good should be at the center of all we do.

Is it good?

Do the good.

Don’t grow weary of good.

Frank J Walker LMFT-retired

Frank is a retired marriage counselor living on the central coast.

Check out all his blogposts at

walkertherapy.wordpress.com

and check his YouTube channel

“A Marriage Minute”

@ Frank Walker LMFT

http//youtube.com/c/FrankWalkerLMFT

Frank has written several books that are available @

http://www.blurb.com/user/store/frankjwalker

Frank is an artist with 31 years of teaching experience.

If you would like to see his art, check out his Instagram page @

FWalker927

Or his art website @

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Frank J Walker LMFT-retired

Frank is a retired marriage counselor living on the central coast.

Check out all his blogposts at

walkertherapy.wordpress.com

and check his YouTube channel

“A Marriage Minute”

@ Frank Walker LMFT

http//youtube.com/c/FrankWalkerLMFT

Frank has written several books that are available @

http://www.blurb.com/user/store/frankjwalker

Frank is an artist with 31 years of teaching experience.

If you would like to see his art, check out his Instagram page @

FWalker927

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The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.

Barack Obama

Frank J Walker LMFT-retired

Frank is a retired marriage counselor living on the central coast.

Check out all his blogposts at

walkertherapy.wordpress.com

and check his YouTube channel

“A Marriage Minute”

@ Frank Walker LMFT

http//youtube.com/c/FrankWalkerLMFT

Frank has written several books that are available @

http://www.blurb.com/user/store/frankjwalker

Frank is an artist with 31 years of teaching experience.

If you would like to see his art, check out his Instagram page @

FWalker927

Or his art website @

Frankjwalker.com

Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Warren Buffett

I had a friend who said, ” You know it would be a lot cooler on this side of the house if I had planted a tree here when we first moved in”.

When is the best time to plant a tree? A year ago. But planting one now will be appreciated in the future.

How about planting in your personal life?

A compliment, an atta boy, a pat on the back now might reap rewards in the future.

A good word or deed now might make the days ahead go so much better.

Frank J Walker LMFT-retired

Frank is a retired marriage counselor living on the central coast.

Check out all his blogposts at

walkertherapy.wordpress.com

and check his YouTube channel

“A Marriage Minute”

@ Frank Walker LMFT

http//youtube.com/c/FrankWalkerLMFT

Frank has written several books that are available @

http://www.blurb.com/user/store/frankjwalker

Frank is an artist with 31 years of teaching experience.

If you would like to see his art, check out his Instagram page @

FWalker927

Or his art website @

Frankjwalker.com

Only the curious have something to find.

Sean Watkins

You need to be more curious.

You need to do more research.

You need to ask more questions.

You need to know more stuff.

Because curiousity leads to discovery, adventure and excitement.

Yes, you need more ecitement in your life. Being curious leads to excitement.

Frank J Walker LMFT-retired

Frank is a retired marriage counselor living on the central coast.

Check out all his blogposts at

walkertherapy.wordpress.com

and check his YouTube channel

“A Marriage Minute”

@ Frank Walker LMFT

http//youtube.com/c/FrankWalkerLMFT

Frank has written several books that are available @

http://www.blurb.com/user/store/frankjwalker

Frank is an artist with 31 years of teaching experience.

If you would like to see his art, check out his Instagram page @

FWalker927

Or his art website @

Frankjwalker.com

A small act is worth a million thoughts.

Ai Weiwei

We all have great ideas. We all have the answers to the problems.

The problem is it’s all in our mind. The thoughts we have and the answers we think of never turn in to action.

Action is what counts.

Good intentions are just that intentions.

Do something. Don’t just think about doing something.

Thoughts and thinking things through are great.

Put those thoughts in to action.

Frank J Walker LMFT-retired

Frank is a retired marriage counselor living on the central coast.

Check out all his blogposts at

walkertherapy.wordpress.com

and check his YouTube channel

“A Marriage Minute”

@ Frank Walker LMFT

http//youtube.com/c/FrankWalkerLMFT

Frank has written several books that are available @

http://www.blurb.com/user/store/frankjwalker

Frank is an artist with 31 years of teaching experience.

If you would like to see his art, check out his Instagram page @

FWalker927

Or his art website @

Frankjwalker.com

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Take a personal self-assessment.

Frank J Walker LMFT-retired

Frank is a retired marriage counselor living on the central coast.

Check out all his blogposts at

walkertherapy.wordpress.com

and check his YouTube channel

“A Marriage Minute”

@ Frank Walker LMFT

http//youtube.com/c/FrankWalkerLMFT

Frank has written several books that are available @

http://www.blurb.com/user/store/frankjwalker

Frank is an artist with 31 years of teaching experience.

If you would like to see his art, check out his Instagram page @

FWalker927

Or his art website @

Frankjwalker.com

The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention.

Anonymous

I could have. I should have. I would have.

I had great big plans but…

Do it. Do it now. So what if it isn’t perfect. Big deal if it isn’t a big deal.

A little bit is better than nothing.

Half way is better than no way.

Big ideas are nothing if they just remain big ideas.

Frank J Walker LMFT-retired

Frank is a retired marriage counselor living on the central coast.

Check out all his blogposts at

walkertherapy.wordpress.com

and check his YouTube channel

“A Marriage Minute”

@ Frank Walker LMFT

http//youtube.com/c/FrankWalkerLMFT

Frank has written several books that are available @

http://www.blurb.com/user/store/frankjwalker

Frank is an artist with 31 years of teaching experience.

If you would like to see his art, check out his Instagram page @

FWalker927

Or his art website @

Frankjwalker.com

“Wherever you are, make sure you’re there.”​

DAN SULLIVAN

Please agree with me.

We live a world of far too many distractions.

That thing we carry around in our pockets is the perfect example of those distractions. Our cell phone distracts constantly and relentlessly.

We have to look, we have to check. It has become compulsive.

We must battle the desire not to be left out. Always looking for the next thing. The news, the noise the latest gossip.

We need to stop and be where we are.

Be with the situation. Be with the person. Be in the place we are.

Nowhere is better than the space you inhabit right now. No matter what you think or desire. You are here now and ackowledge that and be there.

Put away your phone. Step back from the distractions and be in the moment.

It will help in your relationships. It will help in the work you do. It will for practical purposes keep you safe.

Be there.

Frank J Walker LMFT-retired

Frank is a retired marriage counselor living on the central coast.

Check out all his blogposts at

walkertherapy.wordpress.com

and check his YouTube channel

“A Marriage Minute”

@ Frank Walker LMFT

http//youtube.com/c/FrankWalkerLMFT

Frank has written several books that are available @

http://www.blurb.com/user/store/frankjwalker

Frank is an artist with 31 years of teaching experience.

If you would like to see his art, check out his Instagram page @

FWalker927

Or his art website @

Frankjwalker.com

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Frank J Walker LMFT-retired

Frank is a retired marriage counselor living on the central coast.

Check out all his blogposts at

walkertherapy.wordpress.com

and check his YouTube channel

“A Marriage Minute”

@ Frank Walker LMFT

http//youtube.com/c/FrankWalkerLMFT

Frank has written several books that are available @

http://www.blurb.com/user/store/frankjwalker

Frank is an artist with 31 years of teaching experience.

If you would like to see his art, check out his Instagram page @

FWalker927

Or his art website @

Frankjwalker.com