My 18yo stepson leaves for college (god willing) in a few months. Though he has been with me 50% of the time for fourteen years, he is not a hands-on kid, and has never taken to making or fixing things with his hands. What can I say - you can lead a horse to water, etc.
Though he is going to live in a dorm where he will presumably not need to do much fixing of anything, I still can't let him out of the nest without knowing a few things. I just have a few more months to force-feed some of that knowledge. Question is...what are those super basic essential skills?
Here's my working list:
- How to hang a picture
- How to put a shelf in a wall (find studs/use drywall anchors/etc)
- How to put on a spare tire
- How to jump start the car
- How to hammer a nail
- How to pump up his bike tires and adjust his brakes
- How to troubleshoot a dead outlet and reset a circuit breaker
What else?