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When You Want to Give What You Never Learned

I want to teach my kids practical skills like cooking and fixing things but I order takeout most nights and call a handyman for everything and I realize I have nothing useful to pass down.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The erosion of practical knowledge across generations leaves well-meaning parents without the capabilities they wish to transmit.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Intergenerational thinking — 7th generation perspective?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.