Weekly Update: September 7, 2011

Welcome!

News and Info for 21st Century Parents

Mentoring children and teaching them basic skills is a great way to prepare children for the future.

Raising self-sufficient kids with useful skills is best done by parents with useful skills. Are you lacking in that department? Here’s how you can fix that problem!

Many of today’s job openings are in fields you’ve probably never heard of. For instance, perhaps your child will grow up to be an ammonia technician.

Young people are angry because the time-honored advice that getting a college degree is the way to success is now outdated. 

Youth unemployment is a problem all over the world. Is there any better reason to raise entrepreneurial kids?

What Homeschooled Kids are Missing Out On

Sadder than the news that only 25% of American kids “scored proficient or better” on a geography test is the commenter who says she’s in 10^th grade and has never been taught geography. Did it ever occur to her to teach herself at least a basic knowledge of it? No, because school teaches kids to wait to be told what to do.

Parents Who Didn’t Get the Memo

Dad’s upset because his kids’ vacation to a fishing harbor was ruined by…. the smell of dead fish! Lotsa luck to all coddled children once they become adults.

You Can Say That Again!

People should be free to find or make for themselves the kinds of educational experience they want their children to have. (John Holt)

So, how are you preparing your children to thrive in the 21^st century? Check out the links to the left for articles and information that will help you.

See you next Wednesday,

Barbara Frank

www.thrivinginthe21stcentury.com