-Coping with loneliness is a very important skill on my list of needed independent living skills for teenagers because every teenager we’ve ever known has needed it. Teenagers who know how to recognize loneliness as the temporary feeling it is, use their support system and work through their loneliness do just fine.

-Learning how to handle money should start at a very young age, with increasing lessons and practice as your children get older.

-Defining what it is you want is called setting a goal. Figuring out and taking the actions you need to reach are important life skills. Learning how to set and obtain a goal are necessary life skills your teen will need to be a happy and successful adult.