Why won't public schools attack any of the "real-life" lessons to be learned. I have a small list of items that should be taught to children at a young age. And if you say it's up to the parents to teach them then you are wrong. We as parents cannot teach subjects that we have not had a single lesson on except for experience.
1) Finance - life expenses, kids, cars, insurance
2) Budgets - priorities
3) Relationships - boyfriend/girlfriend, parents/kids, siblings etc.
4) Retirement planning - whoa there's a big one
I don't think it would be too much to ask to have a trained professional teach our children or even mention the above topics. It may go something like this, "Hey kids, today we are going to learn how boyfriends should treat us." Or better yet, "Credit is not free money!"
Kids need to see/hear about life before they are old enough to experience it for themselves. We as parents are so busy working life or hide behind some kind of privacy clause that we omit exposing our children to important subjects that will affect them throughout the rest of their lives.
Learning about the Earths layers of crust is great but it won't help them to become responsible adults. It won't allow them to maintain dignity when raising their own families or retiring.
I'm thinking something as simple as a list of monthly expenses and a modest dollar amount - hard earned income and not government assistance - and see where the kids plug the numbers. They need to understand that when the money runs out then so does every thing else. Very few people are great at all the items I've mentioned above, myself included. So why don't we think it's important to teach them?
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