How many times in your adult life have you stopped and thought, “Wait, why have I never learned that?”. Here are 25 important life lessons that we think all children should know by the time they fly the coop.
How to…
- Cook eggs, in several different ways
- Change a tyre
- Save and manage their money
- Do their own washing and fold clothes properly
- Tie a tie
- Sweep the floors properly (did you know there is a right way and a wrong way to do this?!)
- Put a doona in a doona cover
- Keep an indoor plant alive
- Dining table etiquette (eg. placing their knife and fork together on the plate at the end of a meal)
- Address an envelope (yes, we are talking about real snail mail)
- Do their taxes
- Cut different fruit and vegetables properly (think, mangoes and avos etc)
- Sew a button on
- Set the table
- Do basic first aid
- Check their car’s fluid levels
- Remove a stain
- Properly greet people
- Catch public transport
- Wash dishes by hand
- Wrap a gift
- Use a hammer and screwdriver
- Change a lightbulb
- Measure something
- Say sorry (and mean it)
What other things would you add to this list? Send your ideas through to editor@havenmagazine.com.au and keep your eye on our socials in the coming weeks!
