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14 tháng 10 2021

We need to prepare food, do laundry and chores at home. It’s ………………
          A. social skills      B. self-care skills          C. housekeeping skills      D. cognitive skill

14 tháng 10 2021

C

17 tháng 11 2021

I Choose the best answer
1 If I put myself in your (shoes/situations/feelings), I'd take it easy and try to forget it
2 We should cooperate with others and resolve conflicts or have communication skills. It's (social skills/housekeeping skills/emotion control skills)
3 Your body will change in shape and (height/high/tall)
4 Your brain will grow and you'll have improved self-control and (housekeeping/reasoning/social) skills
5 They can't decide who (go/to go/wen first
6 You've been a bit tense lately so you need to (get/take/has) a break
7 She knows how to act in emergencies and knows when to stop taking risks. - It's (social skills/emtion control skills/self-care skills)

                                1. If you have good________you can find it easy to recognize and control your feelings and cope with negative emotions. A. housekeeping skills B. emotion control skills C. self-care skills                      2 In my village, people ________________ weaving bamboo baskets.                                            A. live on         B. turn on           C. live in                                                                                               3 ...
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                                1. If you have good________you can find it easy to recognize and control your feelings and cope with negative emotions. A. housekeeping skills B. emotion control skills C. self-care skills                      2 In my village, people ________________ weaving bamboo baskets.                                            A. live on         B. turn on           C. live in                                                                                               3  “I’m not sure what to do this weekend. Any ideas?” - “………………”                                             A. Why don’t we go to the concert?      B. You will go to the concert, perhaps?  C. Do you go to the concert?                                                                                                                                                4  They said that he didn’t come to the meeting.                                                                                     A. “I have come to the meeting” , they said.              B. “He didn’t came to the meeting ” , they said. C. “He doesn’t come to the meeting”, said they       

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13 tháng 11 2021

1. B - A - A - C

V.   Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.1.   Studies show that having good conflict               skills is associated with various positive outcomes.      a. resolutional              b.resolving                   c.resolve                      d. resolution2.   For most of us, however, positive thinking and               can be learned.      a. self-awareness         b.self-abuse                 c.self-access                d.self-analysis3.   He asked her to marry...
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V.   Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.

1.   Studies show that having good conflict               skills is associated with various positive outcomes.

      a. resolutional              b.resolving                   c.resolve                      d. resolution

2.   For most of us, however, positive thinking and               can be learned.

      a. self-awareness         b.self-abuse                 c.self-access                d.self-analysis

3.   He asked her to marry him but she                       .

      a. carry him out           b.turned him down     c. took him out            d. let him in

4.   The cost                 living in Singapore is higher than any countries in South East Asia.

      a. for                            b.on                             c.of                              d. in

5.   I met James in a restaurant on Friday and he said that he had seen Caroline there         .

      a. the day before         b.this day                    c.today                        d. that day

16. Jane said that she              come and look after the children the following day.

      a. can                           b.will                           c.could                        d. should

7.   The weather was               in England than in Spain last week.

      a. most warmer            b.by far warmer           c.more warmer            d. much warmer

8.                     all our efforts to save the school, the authorities decided to close it.

      a. Since                        b.Despite                     c.Although                  d. Because

9.   He still doesn’t know                    his budget when living alone in the city.

      a. when to manage      b. how to manage        c. where to manage     d. what to manage

10. A: “I really don’t like shopping around the holidays.”

      B: “            . It’s always so busy.”

      a. I couldn’t agree with you more.                  b. I like it.

      c. I don’t like it.                                              d. No, it’s not that.

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17 tháng 10 2021

1.   Studies show that having good conflict               skills is associated with various positive outcomes.

      a. resolutional              b.resolving                   c.resolve                      d. resolution

2.   For most of us, however, positive thinking and               can be learned.

      a. self-awareness         b.self-abuse                 c.self-access                d.self-analysis

3.   He asked her to marry him but she                       .

      a. carry him out           b.turned him down     c. took him out            d. let him in

4.   The cost                 living in Singapore is higher than any countries in South East Asia.

      a. for                            b.on                             c.of                              d. in

5.   I met James in a restaurant on Friday and he said that he had seen Caroline there         .

      a. the day before         b.this day                    c.today                        d. that day

16. Jane said that she              come and look after the children the following day.

      a. can                           b.will                           c.could                        d. should

7.   The weather was               in England than in Spain last week.

      a. most warmer            b.by far warmer           c.more warmer            d. much warmer

8.                     all our efforts to save the school, the authorities decided to close it.

      a. Since                        b.Despite                     c.Although                  d. Because

9.   He still doesn’t know                    his budget when living alone in the city.

    a. when to manage      b. how to manage        c. where to manage     d. what to manage

10. A: “I really don’t like shopping around the holidays.”

      B: “            . It’s always so busy.”

      a. I couldn’t agree with you more.                  b. I like it.

      c. I don’t like it.                                              d. No, it’s not that.

29 tháng 10 2023

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Mark letter A, B, C or D to indicate the part that is incorrect.Question 1:      Many young people lack skills, good education, and financial to settle in the urban areas where                                                    A                                                      B                                       C                 many jobs are found.                                       DQuestion 2:      My school tie had orange and red stripes on it. How was yours...
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Mark letter A, B, C or D to indicate the part that is incorrect.

Question 1:      Many young people lack skills, good education, and financial to settle in the urban areas where                                                    A                                                      B                                       C

                 many jobs are found.

                                       D

Question 2:      My school tie had orange and red stripes on it. How was yours like?

                             A                                                     B       C              D

Question 3:      My father's just come out of hospital. He'll need extra care at home for a few weeks until he's                 

                                                  A                                             B

                 enough fit to look after himself again.

                      C                                  D

Read the following passage and mark letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word that best completes each blank.

Denmark is the smallest and most southerly of the countries of Scandinavia, (29) _______ lie in northern Europe. It is probably best (30) _______for being home to the powerful Vikings, (31) _______1000 years ago. Denmark is a small country, with limited natural (32) _______. Nevertheless, it has become one of the richest countries in the (33) _______.

Denmark has its own (34) _______culture and traditions, and a tongue- twisting language, which includes several different dialects. Although Denmark is a member (35) _______the European Union, recently it has been reluctant to work more closely with the EU and give up (36) _______of its independence.

Wealth in Denmark is shared out more evenly than in most countries, because people pay high taxes. Many workers pay more than 50 percent of their wages in tax. the money is used to pay (37) _______a welfare system, which includes health care, benefits for the unemployed and the elderly, and public services. Compared to the rest of the world, it is (38) _______to become either very rich or very poor in Denmark

Question 4:      A. which                  B. where                   C. whose                  D. when

Question 5:      A. seen                     B. heard                   C. liked                    D. known

Question 6:      A. since                    B. less                       C. over                     D. more

Question 7:      A. natures                 B. sources                 C. resources             D. features

Question 8:      A. space                   B. world                   C. earth                    D. land

Question 9:      A. disliked               B. disinterested        C. distant                 D. distinctive

Question 10:    A.  in                        B. of                         C. from                    D. to

Question 11:    A. very                     B. some                    C. many                   D. every

Question 12:    A. on                        B. to                         C. at                         D. for

Question 13:    A. difficult               B. easy                     C. impossible           D. simple

Read the following passage and mark letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions that follow.

      Different Colours can affect us in many different ways; that’s according to Verity Allen.  In her new series ‘Colour me Healthy’, Verity looks at the ways that colours can influence how hard we work and the choices we

make.  They can even change our emotions and even influence how healthy we are.

‘Have you ever noticed how people always use the same colours for the same things?’ says Verity.  ‘Our toothpaste is always white or blue or maybe red.  It’s never green.  Why not? For some reason we think that blue and white is clean, while we think of green products as being a bit disgusting.  It’s the same for businesses.  We respect a company which writes its name in blue or black, but we don’t respect one that uses pink or orange.  People who design new products can use these ideas to influence what we buy.’

            During this four-part series, Verity studies eight different colours, two colours in each programme.  She meets people who work in all aspects of the colour industry, from people who design food packets, to people who name the colours of lipsticks.  Some of the people she meets clearly have very little scientific knowledge to support their ideas, such as the American ‘Colour Doctor’ who believes that serious diseases can be cured by the use of coloured lights.  However, she also interviews real scientists who are studying the effects of green and red lights on mice, with some surprising results.

            Overall, it’s an interesting show, and anyone who watches it will probably find out something new.  But because Verity is goes out of her way to be polite to everyone she meets on the series, it’s up to the viewers to make their own decisions about how much they should believe.

 

Question 14:    What is the writer doing in the text _______?

                        A. giving information about a television presenter

                        B. giving his opinion of a recent television show

                        C. giving information about how colours influence us

                        D. reporting what happens in a new television series

Question 15:    Which of the following shows the probable content of the four shows?

                        A. Part 1 – Health; Part 2 – Products and Industry; Part 3 – Emotions; Part 4 – Decisions

                        B. Part 1 – Blue and Black; Part 2 – Red and Orange; Part 3 – White and Grey; Part 4 –                                        Green and Yellow

                        C. Part 1 – Meeting Designers; Part 2 – Meeting People Who Name Colors; Part 3 – Meeting                                     Doctors; Part 4 – Meeting Scientists

                        D. Part 1 – Cleaning Products; Part 2 – Make-up; Part 3 – Clothes; Part 4 – Food

Question 16:    According to Verity, why is a knowledge of colour important?

                 A. It can help you to choose the best products.

                 B. It can give you new ideas.

                 C. It can help you to change people’s minds.

                 D. It can help you to sell products

Question 17:    Who does the writer repect least?

                        A. The "Color Doctor                               B. The scientists who work with mice

                        C. Verity Allen                                         D. The people who name lipsticks

Question 18:    The word "Overall" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _______.

                 A. Rarely                  B. Readily                C. Generally             D. Partially

 

Mark letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct response to each situation in each of the following exchanges

Question 19:    Henry: "I am afraid I've broken your umbrella."

                 Kate:    " _______."

                 A. Don't worry about it                             B. It's the same

                 C. Don't mention it                                   D. Not at all

Question 20:    Waiter:   "What would you like to drink?"

                 Andrew: " _______."

                 A. No, thanks           B. OK                      C. Yes, please          D. Coffee with milk, please

 

Mark letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the given one.

Question 21:    The electricity has been cut off for two days now. All the food in the freezer has been                  defrosted.

                 A. The electricity has been cut off for two days now; consequences, all the food in the freezer has            been defrosted.

                 B. The electricity has been cut off for two days now so that all the food in the freezer has been                  defrosted.

                 C. The electricity has been cut off for two days now; as a result, all the food in the freezer has                  been defrosted.

                 D. The electricity has been cut off for two days now; however, all the food in the freezer has                  been defrosted.

Question 22:    My grandparents' lake house was built in 1953. It was completely destroyed by the forest                  fire.

            A. My grandparents' lake house was built in 1953, when it was completely destroyed by the             forest fire.

            B. My grandparents' lake house was built in 1953, so when it was completely destroyed by the             forest fire.

            C. My grandparents' lake house, built in 1953, was completely destroyed by the forest fire.

                 D. The forest fire destroyed my grandparents' lake house was built in 1953.

Question 23:    I suggested that he should paint the house light blue.

                 A. "Let's paint the house light blue," I said to him.

                 B. "Why don't you paint the house light blue?" I said to him.

                 C. "Shall we painted the house light blue?" I said to him.

                 D. "How about to paint the house light blue?" I said to him.

Question 24:    His eel soup is better than any other soups I have ever eaten.

                 A. His eel soup is the worst of all soups I have eaten.

                 B. His eel soup is good but I have ever eaten many others better.

                 C. Of all the soups I have ever eaten, his eel soup is the best.

                 D. I have ever eaten many soups that are better than his eel soup.

Question 25:    She thinks my students are more intelligent than yours.

                 A. She thinks your students aren't as intelligent as mine.

                 B. She thinks your students don't look as intelligent as hers.

                 C. She thinks yours are as intelligent as my students.

                 D. She thinks your students weren’t as intelligent as my students.

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11 tháng 1 2022

TK:

Topic 1:Life skills for teens

Money may not be the most important thing in life, but it certainly is vital for a comfortable life. Education gives you the knowledge and some skills you need to become employable. But it may not give you the skills to manage your earnings and spending, save money, etc. In simple words, you need to make your teenagers financially literate. Every teen must know how to open a bank account, use the ATM,transfer money online and write a check.Save money to buy or invest in something, for emergencies.Knowing how to procure food or cook food is one of the primary life skills for teenagers.Buying groceries is important to cook. One of the important skills here is to be able to identify different ingredients and know where they are available.Among the critical things that teens should learn, as part of taking care of themselves, is to take care of their health.Knowledge of personal health and over-the-counter medications that can come in handy.Knowing when to go to the doctor.Taking proper care of self, through proper diet and environment, in the case of illnesses like common colds, fever or the flu.

Topic 2:Talk about children’s pastimes in the past.

About 20 years ago, Vietnamese children used to play outdoor games. They play games such as hide and seek, blindfolded to catch goats, dragon snake or even wrestling. The games are simple but they leave a lot of impressions. Children today, however, do not ignore such games, because computers and phones inhibit their development. So, you should hanging out with friend, phaying sport so you can get the most out of your health.

11 tháng 1 2022

TK:
Topic 3:Talk about a wonder of Viet Nam

Ha Long Bay is not only known as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, but also one of the world famous natural wonders. The most widely circulated stories are told that: all the big and small islands on Halong Bay are pearls and pearls released by the Mother Dragon, forming strong ramparts to help people. fight against foreign invaders. Each cave in the bay also contains a mysterious story that is colorful stories reflecting the spiritual and emotional life of Vietnamese people such as love couples, dreams of rich and poor in life. live… Ha Long Bay is truly a world wonder, one of the biggest tourist attractions in Vietnam. This is also the place where you can enjoy swimming on the beautiful untouched beaches, boating on the blue water; explore the towering rocky mountains that seem to soar into the blue sky on the islands; Enjoy fresh local seafood dishes while watching the beautiful sunset or sunrise.

6 tháng 12 2017

1) Talk about a natural wonder and man made natural in Vietnam.

Bài làm:

I’m writing from the most beautiful and incredible place in the world that I have ever seen during my 15-year career as a travel writer in more than 70 countries. I’m writing to you from Ha Long Bay in Vietnam.

There is a saying that if you have not visited Ha Long Bay you have not yet been to Vietnam. I say that if you have not visited Ha Long Bay you have not yet seen the most beautiful place in the world.

180 km from Hanoi City, towards the northeast, it takes around 4 hours by bus due to the speed limit, and then you will arrive to Ha Long City and the wonderful Ha Long Bay.

1969 limestone islands of various shapes, sizes, and in different green and amazing colors rise above the sea level in an area of more than 1,500 square kilometers that creates this World Heritage site. Ha Long Bay still retains its historical and culture values.

The guide told me that Ha Long Bay has been twice recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1994 and 2000, and also that Ha Long Bay is in second place in the worldwide competition of the World’s Seven Natural Wonders. I told him that before all, God has given the Vietnamese people this wonder for their kindness.

Ha Long Bay is as attractive and beautiful throughout the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Traveling on small sailboats among hundreds of limestone islands, one may visit the amazing Surprise Cave, the floating fishing village, and see how the locals live are top of the list of things to do here. On Titop Island, one may swim and relax on the beach or enjoy a kayaking program to the nearby Luon Cave and much more.

And what about the important question of where to sleep? Syrena Cruises and other cruises are offering wonderful programs. A luxury cruise from the harbor and across Ha Long Bay, has 34 luxury cabins and suites each with a balcony, as well as restaurants and a meeting room on the 3rd deck. Travelers may experience Asian or Western cuisine, precisely sea food, and also have a session with a massage therapist, unwind in the sauna, take a sunbath and relax on the expansive deck, experience squid fishing, movie night, and a cooking demonstration.

Other attractions during your stay in Ha Long, beside exploring Ha Long Bay itself, if to visit the Royal Park in Halong City, Water Music, a circus performance by dolphins, sea lions, crocodiles, and much more.

The experience of visiting Ha Long Bay is unforgettable, where you will see something that will stay in your mind and eyes for years. You will enjoy meeting Vietnamese people and tasting their delicious food, you will have fresh air all day and night, especially if you wake up early in the morning and watch the sun rise on the deck coming slowly through the islands.

Be sure not to miss visiting Ha Long Bay in your lifetime. Just try to watch images and videos of this stunning and marvelous place and imagine being there experiencing the beauty and kindness of Vietnamese people. You will be booking your trip in no time.
2) Write about the advantages and disadvantages of living in a big city in Vietnam.

Bài làm:

Nowadays, more and more people choose to live in the city. In this essay, I will discuss about the advantages and disadvantages of living in the city.

It can't be denied that living in the city has many benefits. First of all, if we live in the city, we will have many chances get the developing science and technology. It means that we will have more job opportunities and broaden our knowledge more easily. Secondly, we will have many different ways to spend our free time. There are a lot of theatres, concerts and other kinds of entertainment. There is always a lot to do and visit There are a lot of possibilities of shopping. In various shopping centres and galleries you can buy whatever you want. What is more, a big city is a potential market for trading activities, so we can earn more money to provide our family a comfortable life

Besides advantages, living in the city brings to us a lot of disadvantages. Firstly, a problem about which everyone is worrying is environment. The increase of factories based on industrialization and modernization has severely polluted environment. Smoke from factories' chimneys not only pollutes the air but also makes people get many serious cancers. Sewage is bumped into rivers without being purged, which threatens underwater ecosystems. The second drawback of living in the city is society's vices such as drug addiction. Young people. especially the students, are easily spoiled by bad habits. If people use up all the money, they can't control themselves and even become robbers or murders. Moreover, a problem that many people living in the city have is heartlessness. With some people, it's not worth being worried and it has no effect on our life, people are too busy to care for any others. But if more and more people become heartless, the society will be worse, no one cares another one, they live boring lives, every purposes became meaningless, without love, sympathy and many other good things.

There are good things as well as bad thing of living in the city. However, I strongly believed that advantages outweigh disadvantages. If people know how to live and enjoy their life, living in the city is one of the most interesting things that people want to experience.

3) Talk about a traditional craft village in Biên Hòa. (có thể ở Vietnam)

Bài làm:

Bat Trang Pottery Village is located in the center of Red river delta, it is a part of Bat Trang Commune, Gia Lam District, Hanoi. north of Vietnam. It is 13 kilometers away from center of Hanoi south east of Hanoi, on the Red river, It has been famous for its ceramics for a thousand years, particularly dinnerware and ornamental ware. The Bat Trang producers export ceramic goods annually to the value of over $40 million a year.

Perhaps the most outstanding strength of Hanoi Bat Trang Pottery Village is its tradition of making pottery. The people are very skilful and talented, producing a product that has a distinctive look. Bat Trang Pottery Village traditional quality pottery includes bowl, dish, pot, cup, wine pot, a big flower-vase, leg lamp, lime-pot, big-bellied jar with glazes such as ancient pearl blaze, crackle glaze, dark glaze, indigo-blue flower glaze, grey flower glaze, melt glaze... Craftsmanship developed over many generations.

Bat Trang Pottery Village ceramics are produced for daily household use (bow, cup, plates, pot, bottle…), worshipping, or decoration purposes. Nowadays, the pottery artists bring into ceramics many innovations in production techniques, and creativity in products’ features, hence many new products have been born, and even daily household items may have the beauty like decoration ones.

Visiting Bat Trang Pottery Village , tourists can take a walk or join a buffalo tour for sightseeing and shopping. Besides many ceramic stores along the road in the village, tourists should visit Bat Trang Porcelain and Pottery Market where they can directly make pottery products by themselves. Many youngsters and foreign tourists are interested in in this pottery- making experience, and spend a whole day in the market to make a gift for family or friends.


4) Compare the differences in the past and present .

Bài làm:

Làm về giáo dục :

Past: In terms of education in the past, people rarely got the chance to educate themselves. Farmers made sure that their children knew how to plot a farm and carry out their daily work. Yet with time, people went to the religious institutes like church, temple, kovil and mosque in order to learn. Later with the industrial revolution and factories and equipment coming into action, even the children of the agricultural families were sent to the town to learn how to work with machinery. Then later with colonization, people started learning languages and sciences with the improvement in knowledge. The most important fact is that all these changes in education happened only in the lives of the males as the females were kept at home to do the daily work like sweeping, sewing, painting, embroidery, cleaning and looking after children.

Present: With the revolutions and freedom actions taking place all over the world, females started to fight for their rights in terms of voting, education, and politics. These freedom fights were granted after several struggles. Today, women have the opportunity to get a good education despite their religion, ethnicity, and race .

People now have access to books, magazines, and the internet and students are much advanced in terms of education and access to knowledge. However, as mentioned in the beginning, there are exceptions to these facilities.

4) Do we teenagers in Vietnam need all or some of these skills? Why or why not?

Bài làm:

In a constantly changing environment, having life skills is an essential part of being able to meet the challenges of everyday life. The dramatic changes in global economies over the past five years have been matched with the transformation in technology and these are all impacting on education, the workplace and our home life. To cope with the increasing pace and change of modern life, students need new life skills such as the ability to deal with stress and frustration. Today’s students will have many new jobs over the course of their lives, with associated pressures and the need for flexibility.

Benefits for the individual

In everyday life, the development of life skills helps students to:

  • Find new ways of thinking and problem solving
  • Recognise the impact of their actions and teaches them to take responsibility for what they do rather than blame others
  • Build confidence both in spoken skills and for group collaboration and cooperation
  • Analyse options, make decisions and understand why they make certain choices outside the classroom
  • Develop a greater sense of self-awareness and appreciation for others

Benefits for employment

While students work hard to get good grades, many still struggle to gain employment. According to research by the CBI (Confederation of British Industry) in 2011 employers were looking not just for academic success but key employability skills including:

  • The ability to self-manage, solve problems and understand the business environment
  • Working well as part of a team
  • Time and people management
  • Agility and adaptability to different roles and flexible working environments
  • The potential to lead by influence
  • Benefits for society

    The more we develop life skills individually, the more these affect and benefit the world in which we live:

  • Recognising cultural awareness and citizenship makes international cooperation easier
  • Respecting diversity allows creativity and imagination to flourish developing a more tolerant society
  • Developing negotiation skills, the ability to network and empathise can help to build resolutions rather than resentments

5) What skills do you think Vietnam teens should have today?

Bài làm:

Even during the best of times, parents wonder whether their teens are developing all the skills they need to be successful in life. A problem in this “appraisal” process is that parents see their teens in some of their most regressed and infantile states—when they are at home with their families! Furthermore, new neuroscience research indicates that the human brain does not reach maturity until a person reaches their early twenties. So, how do parents of teens know what to look for in the development of life skills?

My short answer is “headway.” Parents want to see headway — progress — in their teens’ development of the top 10 life skills and be mindful of what they can do to nudge them along. But we also need to be realistic and sensitive to special considerations of temperament, learning style and circumstances.

1. Motivation for personal goals: initiative, engagement, willingness to try new things, persistence, work ethic, commitment, and a drive to pursue interests and personal development. Qualifier: The teen’s zeal may be for DJ skills, not physics.

2. Executive functioning skills: planning ahead; organization; execution and completion of projects; informed decision making; judgment; concentration; and self-monitoring. Qualifier: Half of the neuronal connections in the prefrontal cortex will be sloughed off in early adolescence, so harebrained inconsistency is the norm with teens.

3. Independent living skills and self-reliance: self-management with regard tomoney, cooking, laundry; public transportation; and job experience (with job application, interviewing, working hard, accepting criticism and following directions). Qualifier: Kids will squawk, but parents should insist on this stuff anyway.

4. Academic skills: basic skills to achieve age-appropriate educational goals; intellectual curiosity; study habits; and value on learning. Qualifier: Especially in middle school and during puberty, school performance may get a bit sketchy, but education is such a high priority that parents should go to the mat to make sure teens are “bonded” to school, establish homework habits, connect with teachers and do required work.

5. Physical fitness and healthful habits: value and self-care in relation to exercise, sleep, eating, health maintenance, and limitations on risk taking, substance use and media overuse. Qualifier: Parents can only control so much, but they control resources, so they can supply healthful food, yank media, insist on full-year athletic participation, and give consequences for problem substance use.

6. Emotional awareness, reflection and regulation: recognition and appropriate expression of feelings; empathy for others; ability to control impulses; and coping with negative emotions. Qualifier: Due to mood disturbance brought on by hormones and the immaturity of the “impulse control” center in the teen brain, teens will have tizzies, and parents need to focus on being supportive coaches and role models for these skills.

7. Social skills: ability to size up interpersonal situations; cooperation with others; communication skills; conflict resolution skills; gaining perspective; and accurate self-appraisal in groups. Qualifier: Since teens are individuating from their parents and constantly irritated with siblings, motivated practice of these skills will occur in other pro-social settings (e.g., school, service, extracurricular activities and friendships).

8. Relationship skills and values: ability to maintain relationships over time; friendship development; conversational ability; balancing needs of self and other inromantic relationships; and intimacy skills. Qualifier: Temperament plays a huge role in determining a person’s appetite for social interaction, but parents can encourage, model and provide a rich web of relationships for their teens, including those with wise elders.

9. Moral behavior, integrity and character: standing up for what’s right; conscientiousness; and responsibility for oneself and the less fortunate. Qualifier: Although the majority of teens will take risks, lie and break rules during these arousal-seeking years, they will also show remarkable attachment to “what’s right” — according to them. By the time these kids reach their mid-twenties, values have shifted, morphed, matured and become integrated into a system that usually reflects a lot of their parents’ values.

10. Spirituality and a purposeful life: ability to accept and cope with adversities; emotional resilience; drive for a meaningful life; and a value on reflection and growth over time. Qualifier: Patience and parental role modeling are key here (again).

The worst thing a parent could do with this list of qualities is to preach, lecture and talk too much about them to their teen. That would be like pelting a teen with fruits and vegetables and expecting it to provide good nutrition.

Laura Kastner, Ph.D., is the co-author, along with Jennifer F. Wyatt, Ph.D., of the book, Getting to Calm: Cool-headed Strategies for Raising Tweens and Teens, and is a clinical associate professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington.