The Six Essential Parenting Skills I Wish I’d Acquired Before I Had Kids


The Six Essential Parenting Skills I Wish I’d Acquired Before I Had Kids

By Gavin Newsham 
Pocket
4 min
Research has found that most parents wish they’d known about the overlooked competencies that are essential for raising children.


A survey of 1,000 mums and dads of children aged 11-16 by the online learning service 8billionideas has revealed that the majority of parents wish they had been taught more practical skills at school and not just the typical subjects on the standard curriculum.

Among those mentioned were speaking in public, changing a tyre and putting up wallpaper, while 90 per cent believed that self-care skills were more important in adult life than algebra

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