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Homeschooling: What Children Need to be Successful
Let Your Kids Watch Lifehacks
Don’t we all just want to know what children need to be successful and worry that it’s all up to us?
I was complaining to my kids about how many “life hack” videos they’ve watched this summer, even though there are worse things they could watch. Hours later, my younger daughter showed me a (homemade, pop-up) birthday card she was sending her friend, the envelope of which had lost its stickiness.
She had sealed it with a melted crayon and stamped it with a quarter. “Problem solved,” she said, satisfied.
She had learned it in one of her videos, of course.
I had just finished watching this clever video, School vs. Teacher, where Prince Ea argues that it’s no longer stores of knowledge children need to be successful in this ever-changing world, but rather creativity and innovation–those are the qualities that will be most sought-after and beneficial. (Disclaimer: no, I don’t embrace all that Prince Ea does.)
And while sealing an envelope is small potatoes, it gave me some confidence about an important trait we all need that I’m thankful my children seem to be learning: simple problem-solving skills and the innovation to find solutions and carry them out.
