In today's society, China has entered the era of market economy, with higher and higher requirements for people and more intense competition. As parents, we need to realize that we can no longer keep our children in the greenhouse, and we should cultivate their independent ability as soon as possible so that they can better adapt to the needs of society. In order to help parents, the following will introduce some methods of educating children to be independent in developed countries.

Labour education

In the United States, family education attaches importance to cultivating children's pioneering spirit so that they can live independently. Parents educate their children to know the value of labor from an early age, and let them repair and assemble motorcycles themselves and take part in labor. Even rich children need to make a living by themselves. Children from peasant families need to share housework such as mowing grass, painting houses and simple carpentry repairs. In addition, they will go out to do odd jobs and earn pocket money through labor.

Housework sharing

In the former West Germany, parents taught their children to do their own things from an early age and never did everything for their children. The law also stipulates that children should undertake some family obligations when they reach the age of 14, such as shoeshine for the whole family. This is not only to cultivate children's working ability, but also to cultivate children's sense of social responsibility.

Self - care ability

In Japan, parents instill an idea in their children from an early age: "Don't disturb others". In daily life, they pay attention to cultivating children's self-care ability and self-improvement spirit. When the whole family goes out to travel, no matter how young the children are, they have to carry their own backpacks. After school, many students take part in labor to earn money in their spare time. The phenomenon of work-study program is very common among college students, even the children of rich families are no exception.

educational training

In Switzerland, parents pay attention to cultivating their children's spirit of self-reliance. 16, 17-year-old girls will work as maids in educated families for about a year after graduating from junior high school, working in the morning and going to school in the afternoon. This can not only exercise work ability, but also learn language. Because Switzerland has German-speaking areas and French-speaking areas, girls in one language area will work as servants in other language areas. After mastering three languages, they can find jobs in offices, banks or shops.