Life Skill Education

Life Skill Education for Adolescents and Youth
Life skills are those abilities which help human beings to adjust the changing situations in everyday life. They stimulate positive behavior which enables them to deal with the demands and challenges in life. Life skills are necessary for promoting physical and mental health as well as they train human beings to achieve emotional balance.

At the adolescent and young age the mind is normally flying in imaginary world. But life skills help them to understand the realities in life. They teach how to live in reality world. These skills include problem solving, critical thinking, decision making, creative thinking, interpersonal relationship, communication skills, self awareness, management of stress and emotions etc.

Life skills are used in different ways in different situations. Youth and adolescents should be encouraged to develop such skills. Some situations in life are critical and challenging hence it is important to provide opportunities to the young generation for adopting such skills in their life. Following life skills in life may be resulted in valuable outcomes. These outcomes may be increased self esteem, assertiveness, ability to plan, interest for acquisition of knowledge, self confidence, social sensitivity, ability to establish relation ships, learning ability etc.

Life skills can influence the way we feel about ourselves and the way others perceive us. Individuals can have the courage to face the conflicts and are able to solve them without stress. Today every activity in life includes negotiation and adjustment. Life skills help to develop effective negotiation skills for personal as well as social interests. Risk situations may also very common in this competitive world. Life skills promote and protect the life and health of human being in any risk situations.

Some life skills are explained as follows.

Decision making skill: Today’s youth are very sensitive in decision making. Their decision may be aimed for short term benefits they may not have foresight about future results. It could bring harmful effects in long run which affects their life permanently. Decision making skill helps to deal constructively with decision about the life.

Problem solving skill: It helps to deal with problems practically in life instead of theoretical thinking. It reduces the mental stress and physical illness due to the results of those problems.




Creative Thinking: Society expects today creative thinking from youth in every field. Creative thinking skill helps to identify the opportunities and encourage the actions to explore the available alternatives for the actions. We should encourage adolescent children and youth to think always beyond their knowledge and experience otherwise they may be develop the attitude like frog in well. This is applicable to every human being. Creative thinking helps to develop flexible thinking to deal with critical situations and problems.

Critical Thinking: Our knowledge and experience should be analyzed objectively to make ready for future changing situations. Critical thinking helps to analyze the information and factors which may influence the attitudes, character and behavior which can be easily influenced by environment and peer pressure.

Communication Skill: communication skill is required to express the opinions in positive way without hesitation. It may be verbally or non-verbally but it should be in acceptable way with in cultural limitation.

Interpersonal Relationship Skills: It helps to develop positive relationships with people acceptable by the family and society. It may be friendly relationship or social interaction which is required for mental and social well being.

Self Awareness: Developing self awareness skill is very important skill. Without self awareness one cannot understand his fellow beings. Before dealing with external world we must understand our strengths and weaknesses and likes and dislikes.

Empathy: It is the ability to develop positive sensitiveness about another person’s critical situation. But sympathy is negative sensation. Showing empathy is the skill which helps to give at least mental support to the sufferers.

Emotions: It should be handled in practical way. It involves recognizing emotional feelings within us and others. If the emotions influence behavior one must aware in what extent they influence the only he can be able to respond to emotions appropriately.

Stress Management: Before treating effects of stress one should be able to identify the sources of stress in life. This skill helps to understand the effects of stress and also teaches how to control it in changing environment.

Life skills help youth strengthen their overall development and contribute to the motivation and skills to develop and maintain healthy behavior. It also helps to make healthy choices and avoid high risk behavior which may lead to negative health in life.



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Author: Revathi.G 06 Nov 2009 Member Level: Silver Points : 1
All the 10 skills you have explained here are essential for not only youth but also for every human being.


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