Raising Responsible Kids: Using Age-Appropriate Tasks and Allowances to Build Life Skills

Guest Facilitator: Sam Leeson, Childbirth Educator, Doula, Parenting Coach, Fertility Coach, Infant Feeding Specialist

Workshop Description:

Helping kids build life skills doesn’t have to feel like a power struggle—it can be a shared, confidence-building process.

Learn how to help your young child develop responsibility, competence and life skills through age-appropriate tasks and thoughtful use of allowances or alternative systems. This inclusive, trauma-aware workshop provides practical strategies to scaffold skills, model tasks and integrate responsibilities into your family dynamics—without shame or pressure.

Key messages for parents/guardians:

• Identify what responsibilities look like for children of all ages
• Learn techniques to teach tasks and provide constructive feedback
• Explore allowances and alternative systems in a values-based, inclusive way—good, bad and otherwise
• Adapt expectations to your child’s temperament, neurodiversity and developmental capacity

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