23 practical skills kids should learn
Anand Sanwal's powerful essay on real life skills that will benefit your kids.
Context: Some years ago, we stopped to help a lady out shopping with her son who found her care tire flat on her return from the shops. Her son must have been 12 or 13 and he was interested in helping out. I provided a running commentary of the steps I took to replace the tire. Lo and behold, some 20 years later, he still remembers me as the man who taught him how to fix a flat!
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