No one begins the journey of success, without adequate preparation. Parents can set children up for success. This can only happen when parents are intentional about the success of their children.
A child who can achieve success must be ready to take up responsibility. Setting your children up for success is allowing them to take responsibility.
It has been shown over the years that children who are allowed to handle responsibility or challenges have a very high tendency of becoming successful.
They also possess adequate employable skills needed for the 21st century.y21st-Century Responsibility Skills needed for Children’s Success
- Response to ability
- Empathy
- Critical thinking
- Emotional Intelligence
- Problem-solving
- Social/Networking Skill
- Independent Learning skills
- Adaptability
- Cognitive skill
- Entrepreneurship Skill
Other skills are;
- Accountability
- Healthy Self Esteem
- Time management
In this article, we’re going to focus more on responsibilities to set your children up for success. In the last couple of years, I have realized that a lot of parents are scared of delegating or allowing their children to handle tasks.
This is because a lot of them will either complain about security or stress. This may not always be the case because a lot of them are so clouded with the notion of not wanting their children to undergo any form of suffering.
Hence, the device means to do everything for their child.
Needless to say, grooming a child to become an independent learner is needed to set a child up for success. This way a child challenges himself or herself to learn.
To become successful children need emotional intelligence, which enables them to remain in charge of their emotions in the face of adversity.
Social or Networking skills
Networking or Social skill can help set children up for success by building social connections, creating better career opportunities, improving communication, and increasing confidence. When children are encouraged to develop these skills early, it can help them achieve their goals and thrive in many diverse areas of their lives.
Adaptability
Developing adaptability skills in your child makes him or her able to adjust and cope with changes and challenges in life. It is a vital skill for children to develop as it can help set them up for success in a rapidly changing world.
Emotional Intelligence
Children who have a high ability to manage their emotions can regulate and manage stress, and focus on tasks, this can lead to improved academic performance. They can make decisions based on their values and beliefs, instead of being swayed by peer pressure or other external elements.
Independent Learning skills
Independent learning skills are skills required to enable children to achieve success. A child who is raised to become an independent learner turns out to become a lifelong learner. An independent learner is a goal-setter and an achiever. You can guarantee your child’s success when you develop independent learning skills in your child.
Healthy Self Esteem
Children who do not understand who they are or who are frequently used to criticism will be slow to achieve success. To set a child up for success, working and developing healthy self-esteem is important. A child with healthy self-esteem can make giant steps to achieve success.
Time Management
This skill is valuable not only for academic success but also for success in the workplace and personal life. Teaching children time management helps develop in them the ability to prioritize their tasks, plan their activities, and allocate their time properly.
It requires children to practice self-discipline and develop an understanding of responsibility.
Entrepreneurship Skill
Developing entrepreneurial skills in children can be an excellent way to help them succeed in life, regardless of whether they eventually become entrepreneurs themselves.
Children would learn to be comfortable taking calculated risks. Teach children to take risks, try new things, and embrace the learning that comes with failure.
Only children who have been saddled with responsibility would be able to respond to the pressure that comes with success or that of a company’s success.
An adult that has never managed any task or has never failed or has never been allowed to make mistakes can hardly be successful.
A successful person is not one who hasn’t failed. A successful person is one who, despite so many mistakes, refused to allow challenges to overwhelm him.
Several parents are so careful that they overly assist their children to prevent them from making mistakes.
Strategies for Setting Children up for Success
- Delegate and allow them to manage any task from start to finish. Tasks at home such as dishwashing, cleaning, and watering flowers can do a lot.
- Give room for mistakes and errors. Mistakes are part of growth and learning strength.
- Watch every process they take to achieve each task assigned to them.
- Encourage them to keep trying even after several failed attempts.
- Do not blame their tutors for incomplete tasks assigned to your child.
- Increase their responsibility when you observe that they have improved.
- Send them on an internship to learn a skill.
- Give them a chance to volunteer in organizations and communities as early as you can. Encourage them to join school extracurricular activities even when they aren’t willing to do so.
- Teach children to build connections with friends. Building connections and networking can create room for career opportunities and mentorship.
- Developing confidence in situations can help set children up for success. Confidence helps them navigate situations and take up new challenges in their professional and personal dealings.