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Evan Marc Katz's avatar

Agree in theory. In practice, most people won’t acquire these skills until they’re 30.

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Alma's avatar

I must admit I'm sniggering a little in Eastern European. 😅 But to be honest, kids grow up in the culture and timeline they belong to. I could make a fishing rod, catch a fish and gut it before I was 10, because that was a children's game for us. My 15 year old can't do that, but he can code and do other things I can't. Also, I think it's unhelpful to mix up character traits with skills. There will always be people who are uncomfortable in social situations. I'm 42 and I struggle to make phone calls and respond to invitations and things like that. I don't think I can "learn" to be good at that. The thing is, a list like this is good to make a mental check sometimes, but cultivating a mindset of self-reliance is way more important. Having that, people will adapt and develop skills according to the actual need not because the skill is good on its own somehow.

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