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If You Want Your Kids to Succeed Teach Them These 25 Things
2 min readAug 30, 2023
- How to type
- How to look up words in the dictionary
- Not to text while visiting or having dinner
- Basic building skills
- Basic repair skills (using a screwdriver, wrench, hammer, etc.)
- How to garden (even if inside)
- How to double a recipe (or half it)
- To pick up after themselves; to never expect someone else to do it
- To give a simple hair cut
- To cook from scratch (breads, desserts, soups)
- To identify edible plants
- Name and location of the continents
- To sew a basic stitch on a machine
- How to listen, answer and ask questions–the art of conversation.
- How to work for pay
- To send thank-you notes
- To help clean up from dinner (at home or visiting)
- To keep a budget
- To save money
- To pay for things they want (to learn the value of money)
- How to make homemade household cleaners
- How to check the engine oil
- How to read a map
