41 Old Fashioned skills that Children need to know today

My cousin sent me this list via Facebook and I thought what an interesting idea that we as the older generation could tell our sons’ daughters and grandchildren how to do these things. By the way, many of the younger generation do these things very well, and I would say they do some of them better than my generations. Generation gaps exist, they always have, we were not understood by our parents, they were not understood by theirs and we certainly do not understand the next generation. To compensate we give wonderful advice, which is not needed.

For the first five skills listed, I have shown how easy it is to find out how to do them. I could do the above with all of the remaining skills that we or someone speaking for my generation believe our young people should learn. My point is that all of these skills can be learned online and learned very quickly.

We may not like it but we are moving to a need to know society. Each generation has to learn many skills to make us happy and productive, without a previous generation telling us what those skills should be. We did not like it when our parents told us what we should do, our children and our grandchildren will not either. They will ask us and learn from us when they are ready. Be patient and enjoy.

1.         How to write a letter

a. When was the last time you were asked to or did write an actual letter? I have not written an actual letter in a very long time, I have written many email messages and tweets and blog posts, but have not had the need to write a letter. If I needed to write a letter, I would just go to YourDictionary and do a search and find learn on how to do this task.

2.         How to make a phone call

a. This is an important skill and most children learn this before they learn to write, However in the event that a child did not know how to make a phone call, they could go to WikiHow and find at least three ways to make a phone call.

3.         How to take a message

a. This is another important skill and one that many seniors do not know how to do well, but a quick search of WikiHow and I could find out how to take a message with pictures.

4.         How to get to know an older person

a. Great skill, a quick search of Google gives us over one million, nine hundred thousand ways to do this.

5.         How to sew on a button

a. If you have to do this, then all you need to do is go to YouTube and do a search for How to sew on a button, which I did and found over 20 videos which had been uploaded in the past week

6.         How to play with a baby

7.         How to make a genuine apology

8.         How to read slowly

9.         How to hammer a nail

10.     How to shake hands

11.     How to introduce themselves

12.     How to take notice of the needs around you

13.     How to make scrambled eggs

14.     Hoe to balance a chequebook

15.     How to see a job through to completion

16.     How to write a thank-you note

17.     How to do laundry

18.     How to take care of a garden

19.     How to fix something instead of replacing it

20.     How to plan a healthy meal

21.     How to hand a picture

22.     How to wash dishes

23.     How to make a budget

24.     How to wait and save for something

25.     How t check tire pressure

26.     How to ask questions to get to know someone better

27.     How to read a map

28.     How to find a book in the library

29.     How to and when to seek counsel from someone more experienced

30.     How to care for a pet

31.     How to select a gift that the receiver will appreciate

32.     How to admit a mistake

33.     How to set the table

34.     How to iron a shirt

35.     How to give someone the benefit of the doubt

36.     How to weigh out the pros and cons of a decision

37.     How to have good table manners

38.     How to read a recipe

39.     How to attend a concert or a performance

40.     How to do something well even id no one is watching

41.     How to be kind.