Life Skills are a Modern Must

One thing I hear often from moms with tweens and teens is that they can’t teach their girls how to sew on buttons, shorten a skirt, or repair a piece of clothing. Why? Because they don’t know how to do it themselves. And, at this stage of the game, those moms usually have figured out how to get by without learning these very handy life skills.

However, they do seem to feel their daughters (and/or sons) would greatly benefit from being able to sew a lost button back on, hem up their jeans, or just do a little mending. Time was (and I remember it) that it seemed like these skills were too time consuming or menial. I’m here to tell you that those days are over. Empowerment and self sufficiency are quickly becoming tools in the toolbox of competent and independent women.  These age old skills are no longer viewed like the Jane Austen girls lollygagging around with their needlepoints until a boy rode up to the door. Can you imagine?

Girls and women today consider all helpful skills as integral pieces of their well rounded sense of competency. I’ve seen hundreds of women in my classes who are loaded with knowledge, skills, goals, accomplishments and an overall general sense of confidence and ability. If they’re insecure about any shortcomings, they certainly don’t let it hold them back. I’m a huge fan.

So, as I fine tune my business in this land of a new normal, I’m all in to help assist young girls who are growing up to be strong, confident, impactful women.  I’m here to share anything I can to teach them some of the skills they’ll be able to carry on throughout their very productive, impactful  lives. And it’s not only about practicality, it’s also uplifting to get an idea, design it, create it and use it. I believe it’s a creative outlet that can bring about stress relief, a sense of calm, and a tremendous sense of accomplishment that feeds our soul. Research backs this up, so don’t take my word for it.

Watching tween girls working together and being kind and helpful does a heart good. It gives me hope that women of tomorrow will be a part of a new kind of sisterhood—respect, consideration, tolerance, compassion and the desire to lift each other up rather than to step on each other to get up higher. Those days are over, I hope.