Many times, parents try to find something that will help develop their child's life skills, teaching them to increase these skills for use in later life. Chess is a great game parents can use today to teach their children life skills and help with their interaction and interpersonal skills.

Chess is ideal for teaching that although we may come from various backgrounds, socio-economic statuses and even languages, our minds can work in similar ways when trying to reach a goal.

They are many way Chess improves verbal communication too. Some examples are making requests, responding effectively to criticism, resisting negative influences, listening to others, helping others, participating in positive peer groups.  When we are conducting a chess class, coaches point out mistakes players make and help them understand how to ensure the mistake doesn't occur next time, but also how to deal with mistakes once they occur.

Sometimes students play 2 against 2 on only one board as well so they learn the need to understand, cope and learn from each other.

One of the skills that a child can learn through Chess is competition; they learn to compete with their peers in a friendly environment.

They are able to pick up the required skills through practice, teaching them that they can accomplish anything. They learn to be gracious winners and practice good sportsmanship through these competitive games of chess.

This teaches kids to be confident and gives them a sense of independent accomplishment, helping them take on life's challenges in their later years.

Playing the game of chess also helps children learn fair play, this is very important in the child's later years making them more likely to grow up and treat other fairly, and to be respectful of others feelings.

In addition, to being fair they learn how to treat others equally. They play against children of all races, genders and many different ages. They will discover that everyone who plays chess has an equal opportunity to be winners of the game. They also learn to play the game by the rules and they know that everyone will have the exact same rules.

In this process they know that they are not any different from anyone else and the game of chess does not have any favorites, in order to win you must be like everyone else who plays the game, and learn the game through practice and game play.

And last but certainly not least, Chess teaches your children responsibility: they learn to be fair and to take the time to do what needs to be done when training. It means that they must live with the actions they use, and accept the consequences that are associated with those actions.

They learn self control and they are more likely to think before they make any decisions.

In short, the game of chess gives you the opportunity to introduce your child to very important skills that they will need to succeed in their lives.