What skills you regret not teaching your kids?

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Anonymous wrote:I did teach, but regret that they failed to learn, cursive. They were never allowed to use it in school, so it never became fluid enough for them to use as easily as printing or typing. They don't even have strong signatures in spite of my best efforts to force it.

Could be worse. My kids are 15 and 13, given Chromebooks too early in their schooling, and their print is horrible. Cursive is a pipe dream. I would just be happy with legible print.

Cursive went the way of the typewriter. They do still teach it in 3rd grade where we are but it’s quickly forgotten. Cursive is very labor intensive for some people and it’s difficult to read so many people’s cursive writing. No need to pine for the old days.

Np. Cursive is sooo much easier for me than print and I have nice handwriting. But yeah, none of the 20 something teachers can read cursive.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish I could have taught them the following -

- How to cook our traditional cuisine.
- Our native language
- More about my religion and rituals

Not too late to have them join school at your local temple!

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I wish I taught them my sport. I tried when they were little and they didn't take to it immediately, so I let them quit. I wish I'd kept them in it for 5+ years. I was once nationally ranked.

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All the words to “We Didn’t Start the Fire”.

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Anonymous wrote:I bought in to the "they will learn to tie their shoes at their own pace" messaging and didnt ever force my kids to learn. My 10 year old still can't do it and I wish I had just made 5 year him do it!

You can still teach this one!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Not allowed cursive??

A lot of teachers these days can’t even read cursive.

Yep, DC had a teacher make them change the cursive font on the computer to manuscript bc the teacher could not read cursive.

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I am a partner at a law firm and our junior associates and young paralegals generally cannot read cursive. It doesn’t matter that much because communication is through email/text but sometimes I will markup a document by hand in a rush and they sheepishly will tell me they can’t read it. And it’s not my handwriting, which is really good .

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O wish we had insisted on learning money management. Of our 2 kids, one is a saver and one is a spender. The spender is now mid-20s, and we are worried for their future

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Most private school kids can read and write cursive. They will do better in life because of it.

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Anonymous wrote:I am a partner at a law firm and our junior associates and young paralegals generally cannot read cursive. It doesn’t matter that much because communication is through email/text but sometimes I will markup a document by hand in a rush and they sheepishly will tell me they can’t read it. And it’s not my handwriting, which is really good .
It would take them few hours to learn to read. I wonder why they haven't.

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Anonymous wrote:Most private school kids can read and write cursive. They will do better in life because of it.

I'm sure this is true. Studies have consistently shown that cursive proficiency is strongly correlated with higher net wealth, stable marriages, less incidence of cancer, lower likelihood of rain on one's wedding day, lower likelihood of hangnails, buttocks generally resistant to wedgies, limited halitosis regardless of tooth brushing, and generally being unattractive to mosquitoes. Once a kid learns cursive, they're pretty much set.

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Reading a map

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I taught them absolutely nothing. They are fine with mediocre skills. They can learn themselves as capable young adults now.
I will, however, be involved when it comes to finances. They will not make the same mistakes I made. They will max out Roth every year they work, stay away from 401k, (but also HSA, HYSA, real estate) and keep their credit score safe.

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My second language (in a country we have lived in). I started too late and gave up when DD was defiant about it.

Swimming; learned eventually, but started later than we should have.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish I could have taught them the following -

- How to cook our traditional cuisine.
- Our native language
- More about my religion and rituals

I’m sure your kid is glad you skipped this