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Penelope, I love this. I have been toying with this as I am “planning” for our Summer Term here. I know I want to incorporate far more “soft skills” though they really aren’t that soft at all! To me, they are essential. Topics I know the kids need to see – perseverance through difficulties, building self-image/confidence, people skills, etc. I wanted it to be more deliberate, you know?
This blog is so timely for us! Thanks for putting it so eloquently in words – “Corporate Training”. I had just called it Success Habits/Skills.
Does anyone have any ideas for how to implement this in day to day homeschooling life? Not necc rigid curriculum but maybe some concrete steps I could take.
INFJ Mom
I work for a big corporation and yep that is all the type of stuff they go for, plus wellness programs.
School does put so many barriers around kids heads. I was with the fam on a long trip and after 7 hours of nobody talking in the car i couldn’t take it and asked my niece if she had knew what road we were on. As we drove past a ’95’ sign she said, ‘i am cheating and we are on 95′. It made me sad that she thought opening her eyes and looking out the window was cheating. And I also felt a little sneaky, ’cause that’s all i wanted her to do anyways.
This is a great anecdote and very characteristic of what school conditions kids to think of as “bad”. …but really, how can it be “bad” to know where to go look for information one does not know? How is it “bad” to ask questions in order to figure out how to solve a problem? In some ways, traditional school ends up making kids engage in a form of magical thinking where knowledge just magically falls upon the chosen few. In reality, no one learns anything without looking for answers and asking questions.
You missed an omnivorous opportunity :-)
The last chapter of Emotional Agility focuses on these skills in kids, and is very much aligned with a lot of what you write about here: how to facilitate the development of kids into autonomous, independent thinking adults, and with a strong focus on how to help cultivate their wellbeing. How do we help kids learn “how” to think – not “what” to think from a didactic perspective; and what are the critical emotional and psychological skills they need to move forward with grit (balanced by adaptability) and resilience in a world often conspires against this.
Hadn’t heard of that, but it looks fascinating! Will have to check it out! I have no doubt that we are shaped by our technology. But what is important is that this is something every generation has faced. It isn’t new in this century.