- That Their Parents Love and Respect Them
- How to Love and Respect Themselves
- How to Love and Respect Others
- How to Laugh at Themselves
- How to Think, Wonder, and Ask Questions
- How to Advocate for Change
- How to Critically Analyze Information (from
the media and elsewhere)
- How to Disagree, Argue, and Even Fight
Effectively
- How to Hope
- How to Trust
- How to Be
Happy, Even if Others Around Them Aren't
- How to Let Go of Something That Isn't Working
Out
- The Importance of Reading and Writing Well
- How to Nurture A Love of Learning
- How to Compete Respectfully
- How to Take Responsibility for Themselves
- The Importance of Consideration for Others
- The Importance of Contributing to Their
Community
- Respect for the Planet and How to Help Keep
it Clean
- Respect for Other Living Beings
- How to Be Honest Without Being Unkind
- How to Be Compassionate to Those Less
Fortunate
- How to Be a Gracious Winner and How to Be a
Gracious Loser
- How to Care for A Baby and Child
- How to Care for a Pet
- How to Be a Good Friend
- Basic First Aid and CPR (for infants,
children and adults)
- How to Read A Map
- How to Get Around in The City,
County, State and Country
- How to Book a Flight, Take a
Train, Catch the Bus, Hail a Cab, Take a Ferry
- To Whom They Can Go When They Need Help
(legal, medical, emergency, emotional, financial)
- How to Explore Their Artistic Side (be it
dance, music, painting, sculpture, acting)
- How to Handle Various Emergencies (at home,
at college, while traveling, on a sidewalk, on a date, in a store)
- How to Avoid Dangerous Situations
- How to Defend Themselves From a Physical
Attack
- How to Balance A Checkbook
- How to Manage a Personal Budget
- How to Answer A Telephone and Take a Message
- How to Ride a Bicycle
- Basics of Car Care: Changing Tires, Filling
up Tires, Changing Oil and Filters, Maintenance
- Basics of Tools (saw, hammer, wrench, pliers,
knife sharpener)
- How to Shut Off a Circuit Breaker
- What to Do If They Lose Their Wallet
- How to Build a Fire, Use a Compass, Build a
Temporary Shelter (and other outdoor skills)
- The Importance of Saving Early and Often
(...money, not computer files), How to Invest
- How to Safely Handle a Firearm or Other
Weapon
- How to Swim
- How to Negotiate
- How to Buy Insurance
- About The Human Body, How it Works and How to
Take Care of It
- About Sexuality (abstinence, safe sex,
contraception)
- The Importance of Staying in Shape (diet low
in fat and sugar/ high in fiber, regular exercise)
- How to Eat Properly, and How to Cook and Bake
- How to Clean Up After Themselves
- How to Wash and Iron Clothes, Replace A
Button, Sew A Hem
- How to Use a Camera
- Proper Grooming (clothes, hair, nails, ears,
etc.)
- The Dangers of Substance Abuse
- How to Drive Properly
(including a stick-shift)
- How to Handle Auto Emergencies
- How to Speak to a Stranger, and How to Speak
Before A Group
- How to Write a Resume, and How to Handle A
Job Interview
- The Basics of World Affairs/Politics
- The Basics of Local, Regional and National
Politics (How it Works, Who's in Power)
- The Basics of their Country's Legal System
- The Basics of Their Country's History, and of
World History
- How to Vote, and How Important Voting Is To
Personal Freedom
- Respect for Their Nation's Seniors and
Military Veterans
- The Major Differences and Similarities
Between Their Country and Others
- And Always, at the Heart of Everything...That
Their Parents Love and Respect Them
