Friday 22 March 2013

Reduce Conflicts In Community Through Life Skills Education

By Christi Larsen


The ability to succeed and live a healthier lifestyle is determined by many factors including habits, character qualities, intellectual capabilities, relationships, and achieving financial goals. There may many challenges people face in the day-to-day life experiences and if one does not have the right skills and character qualities, it can contribute to failures. This is why life skills education is essential and needed for young people and adults.

To be a productive member of the society, you need to re-examine your physical and intellectual capacity. The way in which you interact with others determined how well or poorly you co-exist with members of the community. Young people and adults are unable to harness their potentials because they lack motivation and guidance.

Through childhood to adulthood, people develop behaviours that turn to habits and characters. Shaping your childhood can determine how you grow up to be. If you have poor childhood upbringing, you are likely to end up in bad company or get influenced by peer pressure something that affects your adult stage. Many people struggling with drug addiction in adult stage began experimenting at their youthful stage.

If there was a training resource or a tutor to guide them during the childhood, they perhaps might not have ended in such addition. People need to realize they have a role to play in the society and should ensure that they meet this obligation. Moreover, people need to understand that the environment they live can affect their lives. Aspects like pollutions should not be taken lightly because if people contaminate the environment today, they will pay for it in future.

The breakdown of moral values is costing families a lot and there is need to address these aspects from educational point of view. At the young age, youths need to be engaged proactively to realize that they are the pillar of society. They should understand that they are future leaders, parents, and guardians and they must start taking a positive stand in their lives.

Mistrust, cheating, lack of responsibly are some of the aspects which are resulting to marriage breakups. A society that has good moral values is deemed to succeed and prosper. Similarly a society that lacks moral responsibly is likely to experience many conflicts. In workplace, bullying and aggression as well as sexual molestations are common issues and these are contributed by lack of sound moral values among the workers.

To prevent people from getting into such situations, they need to learn the importance of seeking and practising positive values. Financial instability is another aspect that is causing problems in families resulting to divorce cases and unhappiness in the community. Basic personal financial management can help people realize their obligations and use their talents, skills, efforts, willpower, knowledge, and time constructively to ensure that they manage their resources optimally.

The subject of life skills is diverse and can be dealt with from different perspectives. From social, environmental, health, to financial aspects, all these can be examined when dealing with life skills education in the society. The society can live in harmony and prosper if the right developmental skills are imparted to people both young and old. Many conflicts can be solved if people are taught how to lead a positive life and nurture their talents for their own benefits and those of the society at large.




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