Teaching Kids Self-Reliance: From Helper to Worker to Manager

Описание: Welcome to Season 8! This whole season we’ll be talking about how to teach our kids to eventually take care of themselves on their way to becoming self-reliant, responsible adults. This episode will help you take the first step: evaluating what your kids are already taking charge of and where they have room to grow.

I introduce you to the system I’ve been using with my own kids for years, and show you how you can use it to help your kids progress from helpers to workers to managers. Then I talk to my son and some of my nephews about what they learned from their own self-evaluations.

You can download the Self-Reliance Checklist at https://www.familylabpodcast.com/shop... and follow along with your own kids! And join me any Tuesday at 1:00-2:00 PM mountain time for my weekly open lab hour, where we can brainstorm and problem-solve any of your parenting and home management experiments. Sign up at this link: https://calendly.com/whitneyarchibald...

Here’s a tentative schedule of the skills we’ll cover each month of 2026:

January: Self-Reliance Overview
February: Hygiene
March: Sleep
April: Food
May: Fitness
June: Talents
July: Finance
August: Education
September: Social Skills
October: Cleaning
November: Possessions
December: Spirituality