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.

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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 @

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Take a personal self-assessment.

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Frank is an artist with 31 years of teaching experience.

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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

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Frank has written several books that are available @

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Frank is an artist with 31 years of teaching experience.

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

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“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

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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 has written several books that are available @

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Frank has written several books that are available @

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Nothing seems impossible in spring, you know.

L.M. Montgomery

Yes, I know it’s spring and your’e about to say so what.

Another day, another year another spring. No big deal.

But the big deal is what you make it.

Spring is all in your perception and attitude.

Change your attitude with the season.

It will be better because you make it 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

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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 @

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“Spring is nature’s way of saying,”Let’s party””

Robin Williams

Take the time to enjoy the new season. Get outside.

Open the windows let the light in.

Spring clean your house and your heart.

Start fresh.

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 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

It’s only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis.

Margaret Wander Bonanno

Day by day, step by step.

That is all it is and all it takes to be happy.

Some days aren’t happy. Some steps are shaky.

But real happiness is only found in moving forward.

One step at a time.

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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” An optimist is the human personification of spring”.

Susan Bissonette

So it’s a change in the season. Spring is here.

Winter is behind us and new is here.

Where is your head at as we enter this season. Are you optimistic or …

Do you see new flowers and growth or weeds and work.

It’s all in your perception of things. It is also your choice.

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