What skill should every young person learn?

[Charlie009]

If you could teach younger generations one life skill that truly matters, what would it be. Patience? Saving money? Fixing things? Listening?Let’s share some wisdom.

 

[astralcat]

There are many skills that matter, but off the top of my head, everyone should know how to manage personal finance. On the practical side, everyone should know how to cook, maintain a home, car.

 

[Knight]

There are many skills that matter, but off the top of my head, everyone should know how to manage personal finance. On the practical side, everyone should know how to cook, maintain a home, car.

Why limit? Good answer because it should be all of those skills. Maybe the question should have been what skills?

 

[oscash]

Make their bed as soon as the get up in the morning. Once the bed is made the room looks tidy and never throw their clothes
on the floor waiting for someone to pick them up. Learn to cook, don't expect someone to make meals for you.

 

[Imogene]

Temperance….

 

[timoc]

To engage their ears more and their mouths less.

 

[smiley]

when possible - honouring and communicating with and socializing and uplifting their families regularly above all else

 

[Jazzy1]

Critical thinking/problem-solving.

 

[horseless carriage]

Why limit? Good answer because it should be all of those skills. Maybe the question should have been what skills?

Skills it should have been. There's much a child needs to learn but that learning, although important, can be made enjoyable. Teaching children to manage frustration, wait for what they want, and identify emotions builds resilience and focus. Essential skills include active listening, expressing feelings clearly, taking turns, sharing, and understanding perspectives. (empathy).

Encouraging curiosity, asking why, playing, and solving puzzles helps children learn to think independently and make decisions. Early mastery of tasks like using utensils, potty training, dressing themselves, and helping with simple chores by tidying up their bedroom, fosters responsibility.
Understanding personal safety, respecting boundaries, and managing personal belongings. All of these skills make children realise that life is not a television advert.

 

[Messy]

Learn how to grow vegetables.

 

[Warrigal]

If you could teach younger generations one life skill that truly matters, what would it be. Patience? Saving money? Fixing things? Listening?Let’s share some wisdom.

#1 would be learn to swim. #2 is learn to read.

The first is very necessary for survival in Australia and the second allows for self education, a necessary path to life long learning.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I agree with others that young people need to develop a bundle of life skills at an early age when the stakes are not too high and they are still in a relatively safe environment when they fail.


"just learn how to get stuff done …I’ve seen at every level people who are very good at describing problems, people who are very sophisticated in explaining why something went wrong or why something can’t get fixed... but what I’m always looking for is, no matter how small the problem or how big it is, somebody who says, 'Let me take care of that.'"
- Barach Obama

 

[Della]

Be kind.

Pick up after yourself.

 

[Pepper]

Find a partner you love and trust; prepare for a job that you won’t hate and can at least pay the bills; always have a cat in your life.
This is the advice I gave my son when he was a child.

 

[Raven]

Learn to manage what money you earn, be honest and treat everyone with kindness and respect.

 

[Messy]

I agree with others that young people need to develop a bundle of life skills at an early age when the stakes are not too high and they are still in a relatively safe environment when they fail.


"just learn how to get stuff done …I’ve seen at every level people who are very good at describing problems, people who are very sophisticated in explaining why something went wrong or why something can’t get fixed... but what I’m always looking for is, no matter how small the problem or how big it is, somebody who says, 'Let me take care of that.'"
- Barach Obama

We say: no blathering, but cleaning.

 

[DebraMae]

Keep an open mind and never stop learning.

 

[bobcat]

There’s an old line that says the first step toward wisdom is to question everything. I think that’s a skill worth passing on—learning not to accept every claim or opinion at face value, but to think it through and decide what’s true for yourself. When you learn to examine ideas for yourself, you stop being pulled along by whatever everyone else is doing. Standing on your own judgment—even when the crowd goes another way—is one of the most valuable skills a young person can develop IMO.

 

[timoc]

What skill should every young person learn?​

If they step in poo in the street, not to wipe their shoes on the lounge carpet.

 

[IrishEyes]

The sooner they learn that the world owes them nothing, the sooner they will find they can obtain what they
need by choosing another path.

 

[Been There]

How to tie their shoes and/or boots.

 

[C50]

Critical thinking/problem-solving.

Yes. The all encompassing skill of being resourceful will reward your life time after time.

 

[squatting dog]

You can't always be the winner. There will be times you lose. It happens.

 

[HazyDavey]

There's more to a person than meets the eye.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Every young person should learn the basic skills of caring for themself and not expect others to care for them. That would mean making their bed every mornings, tidying their bedroom, doing their own laundry, learning how to cook and learning how to care for their own money.