Skills you have taught your children

[JohnCarlisleApeiron]

I've just taught my son how to rivit the handle back onto our cooking pot lid. Seems like the dishwasher dissolves the original ali rivits over time, so I replace as they fail. Pot lid is toughened glass, so the big crack the rivet made when it seperated was a bit of a shock, but new skill uplocked.

Anything PH is proud of with their children?

[Sporky]

I don't have kids, but I taught one of the dogs to fistbump.

[r159]

My lad’s respect for firearms. Closing the fridge door however is WIP…

[Spare tyre]

To be observant and notice when things change

[Jasandjules]

Weapon safety.

[Slow.Patrol]

Tying their shoe laces the right way (great nephew).

I spent years doing my laces in a double knot as they were always coming undone.

Until I discovered I was doing it wrong.

[48Valves]

To cook properly from scratch.

[Doofus]

Sporky said:

I don't have kids, but I taught one of the dogs to fistbump.

So did I. My wife said I was doing it wrong, and "That's not how you train a dog".

He got it in about ten minutes.

[LunarOne]

I taught my children not to exist. And I don't have children, so I must have done a good job!

[Blakeatron]

2 daughters, 16 and 13, there aren’t many building/joinery tools they can’t use and are incredibly handy to have around,

Neither is interested in continuing with my business so will be winding it down in the next few years.

[21TonyK]

Self reliance, ambition, empathy and respect for others are qualities both my kids embody.

Only a bit of that comes from me, everything else is Mrs21.

They rest of what they have acheived is largely down to them.

Edited by 21TonyK on Saturday 27th December 20:26

[Grumbler]

Fifteen (!) years ago I was in our garden with my three year old daughter. I was showing her which (rasp)berry fruits were the best. It struck me that parents have been teaching their children, exactly this stuff, in exactly this way for tens of thousands of years. Probably that.

[Furbo]

Guile.

[TGTiff]

Taught daughters to drive, change tires
Cook, shoot
I have a tool that determines a boyfriend posibility....

[Johnspex]

Teaching my kids what my dad taught me without actually saying it- look at life with a smile, make people laugh,be nice.

[John D.]

Taught them not to put pots and pans in the dishwasher.

[Slow.Patrol]

One thing I taught my nephew was how to fold a sheet of A4 so it fitted correctly in a DL envelope and with the address showing in the window.

I doubt if my great nephews and nieces will ever send a letter when they get to work.

[vikingaero]

Vikingette1 passed her driving test in August.

A few weeks later we spent an afternoon on car things. From basic stuff such as finding fuel and bonnet releases on each of our cars (even though she won't drive some of them it gets her looking at all the different places). We drove to Tesco so that she could refuel - sounds obvious but most will never have done it before.

Fluids under the bonnet, how to check oil levels, the min/max marks on the dipstick, the filler cap, using the pliers/spanner to open the filler cap when the engine is still warm, washer fluid, brake fluids, and things that might break that you can do little about, such as the drive belt.

Taught her about tyres, pressures, inflator etc. Then I got her to change a tyre from scratch. She appreciated the extendable wrench that are in each of our cars as she struggled with the standard wrench. I showed her the small piece of wood for jacking on soft ground, gloves, coverall suit, head torch, bulb kits. Told her it was quicker to use a tyre ply

Everything was fine for a few months, then I got a text saying she had changed the flat tyre on her male friends car as he had no clue how to do it.

[Crumpet]

My nine year old daughter can make a flat white from scratch. Measures 18g of beans, grinds it, tamps it, pours 36g of espresso in 28 seconds and then steams and textures a very good milk. I just need to teach her how to clean up, but unfortunately she’s learned my other skill which is if you make a really bad job of something people won’t ask you to do it again…..

[Defcon5]

Slow.Patrol said:

Tying their shoe laces the right way (great nephew).

I spent years doing my laces in a double knot as they were always coming undone.

Until I discovered I was doing it wrong.

Please share, oh wise master