What qualities and knowledge should you strive to instill in your child? What areas of development should you pay attention to?
I am making a list, this is what I have so far (randomly added). Please add yours.
* physical development / health
* decision-making
* risk assessment
* problem-solving
* logical reasoning
* understanding of economics and personal finance
* self-regulation
* Critical thinking
* creativity
* Numeracy
* Computational thinking
* focus
* independence
* (self) mastery
* concentration
* responsibility
These are just random ideas, some things overlap or are not precise etc. I was just wondering what others are thinking.
* Faith and worldview * compassion * kindness * obedience * discipline * perseverance * desire for truth * problem solving / improvisation
Faith / World view is huge for us because it drives everything else really.
I've learned also that sometimes trying to foist certain nonessentials on kids can be counter productive. E.g. Bike riding. I tried to make him do it and he hated it. We just left it out and now he loves it. We do make him obviously do school and also martial arts.