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I don't want my son (in middle school) to waste time learning unwanted skills. But yes education is still important by the time they mature.
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I don't think most of school is a complete waste. English Literature, History, Science, Math, Sports, Music programs. The American school system is a poor delivery method for the information, but to have a working knowledge of the basics isn't a bad thing.
I'm a dad, my oldest is 6. Here's some things I'm thinking about to prepare her:
Teaching her piano (myself).
Taking ballet classes
Talking to her about what I'm doing in my business every day at dinner time (learning through stories).
Taking her to the warehouse twice a month on weekends, to see what we're doing.
Getting her taking courses online (gamified coding courses like Treehouse are really fun!)
Paying her money for every business book she reads and does a report on (when she can read!)
Having her watch Tony Robbins videos and TED talks.
She got $20 birthday money last week, and bought a toy on Amazon. Now she wants more money. Great opportunity to teach her about savings, and also that money comes from doing work... either for somebody else, or owning your own business. I actually have 200 envelopes she can stuff that I was going to have an employee do, but I'll let her do the work instead and pay her for it. She's not going to get an allowance or money for doing chores.
I don't think there will be a better teacher than her growing up working in my business.
I hired 1 local middle school kid and 1 local high school kid to work this summer, and it was so rewarding to see them learning and working in a real job at age 14/15, developing mechanic skills and making $400 a week, while all of their friends were playing Fortnite. Can't wait until it's my own kids!