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title: 'Video: How to teach your child to problem-solve'
description: Want your child to problem-solve and be responsible for it for it? Watch how an Edge Foundation coach teaches problem solving to kids, and learn how to do it at home.
slug: video-how-to-teach-your-child-to-problem-solve
published: '2019-10-16T11:57:07.832Z'
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source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/video-how-to-teach-your-child-to-problem-solve
lang: en
---

# Video: How to teach your child to problem-solve

You want your child to be able to solve problems and take ownership of the decisions and results. And you *don’t* want to get caught up in endless arguments about what your child needs to do, or why it hasn’t been done. So, how do you get to the place where you step back and your child steps up and takes responsibility?

Watch as Edge Foundation lead trainer Derreck Torres teaches problem-solving in a coaching session, and hear from him on how you can use these techniques at home.

[![Video](https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/4F1E39231AF04184B88AE94319FC5DC4/0202a1270046505437cc424ea052cc00/071619_Video_How_to_Teach_Your_Child_to_Problem_Solve.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZBrtIvNvmaI)

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