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

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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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

http//youtube.com/c/FrankWalkerLMFT

Frank’s has written several books that are available @

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

 

 

 

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“But I find I get pretty tired when I try.”

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper

It’s okay to be tired. It’s okay to put in the effort.

It’s okay to try.

Being tired is a good indication that you are on to something.

But don’t confuse tiredness with failure and give up.

Doing stuff takes energy. Using energy can tire you out. But you need to push on despite tiredness.

Yes, you need a break now and then but don’t stop.

Keep trying.

Keep trying despite being tired.

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 man of faith, of energy, of warmth… steps in and does something.

Vincent van Gogh

So, do something.

You have ideas. You know stuff.

Do something with the stuff you know.

Now, not later.

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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Get the hint.

Like the shoe company says,”Just do it”!

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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Wherever you are there you are.

Too many of us want to be somewhere else.

We don’t want to be where we are and want to be somewhere, anywhere than where we are now.

Therein lies the problem. We don’t want to be in the now.

Wherever you are be there.

On the job, waiting in line, in class you are there and be the best there that you can be.

We waste so much time dreaming of someplace else. We don’t spend enough time in the now.

Make the most of the now. Ask what can make this better and do that. Change your mind, the situation and the circumstances. If that can’t be done then have a viable plan B. Bring a book, write down a list, do something productive with the down time.

Now is the only time you have. Use that time.

Wherever you are you are 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

Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.

Rose Franken

Most of the time we are just too serious.

We need more laughter.

We need more silliness.

Because after all life is pretty funny.

Many of the situations we put ourselves in are laughable. but we still march along with all kinds of seriousness.

Take a minute or more to laugh at life.

You need it, your heart and health need it.

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

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

Promote a love for learning in your children and praise their efforts in schoolwork.Mentor learning in your own life. Make lifelong learning a goal for everyone in your home, which includes parents too.

Why not take on some learning on your own?

How about the degree or certification you put off getting?

Could you take an on-line course?Learning is good for you and of course it is a great example for your kids.

 

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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Couples that have successful marriages do this:

They say I love you a lot.

How simple is that.

To be a success in marriage you say three simple words.

But this is importtant. You have to mean it.

Say I love you, a lot.

Say I love you, enough.

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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Today is the first day of Fall.

Red and gold colors, changing temperatures and “pumpkin spice” everything.

Enjoy the season.

Take advantage of the changes.

Happy fall.

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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Successful couples do this:

They do stuff alone outside their marriage.

Couples must have things to do outside their coupleness. They have hobbies, support groups and freindships outside their marriage relationship.

This is not only good for your marriage but healthy.

Too much time together can harm your marriage. You need to bring new information, ideas and interests into your relationship from the outside.

You need to encourage and nurture outside interests.

Individual time outside the marriage and those interests help the marriage to be enriched.

Encourage outside interests in your relationship.

Enjoy your time alone. But not too much.

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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Successful couples do this in their marriage:

They watch a good show together.

This one seems so simple it can almost be overlooked.

But let’s take a second and think about it.

The couples watch something they both like and enjoy. The couples share those same likes. The couples enjoy being together.The couples like sharing with one another.

Being together and liking being together is crucial in a marriage.

Yes, couples have their seperate likes and dislikes. That is the next point I will make.

But they have mutual interests that have been growing with their time together.

The key to it all is time.

Time together.

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