About 7 years ago, Christine Koh and I came up with a list of 100 life skills for kids as part of a podcast convo. I had TOTALLY forgotten about it till Christine brought it back to her Substack. (See christinekoh.substack.c… for the full list + a printable PDF.)

Feels good to revisit now that I’ve witnessed my kids’ competence as adults. Some of these skills only “took” after they were on their own and taught themselves.

When I was in the middle of parenting, I sometimes felt “behind” or like I’d failed in some way when my experience didn’t follow the traditional timeline. (cc Amy Byrnes 🩵) This was a welcome reminder that kids keep learning as adults and some skills just take the time they take. (Hell, I’m still learning new life skills and I’m practically a senior citizen.)

PS. Badass that #100 is VOTE