Life Skills 101 exists because somebody has to teach the things that are not on the transcript. For the network’s thirteenth birthday, every host answers one real question from a homeschool parent — and Lisa’s is the one that hits when the oldest starts looking at the door.
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Her question: “Your kid is about to move out, and you are doing the math on whether they can actually run a life.”
Her answer is a frame you can hang a whole year on: six areas, and your teen needs real skill in all of them before they launch. Food, shelter, vocation and work, money, health, transportation. And as she points out, even food is not one skill — it is planning, budgeting, shopping, cooking, cleaning up and using the leftovers. The clip comes from Life Skills Your Kids Need Before They Launch.
Also in this episode: Felice Gerwitz on whether to homeschool at all · Hal and Melanie Young on boys who will not sit still · Dr. Melanie Wilson on why you are already behind · the 7Sisters on the high school transcript · Sue Myers on a fever and a two-year-old · Meryl van der Merwe on teenagers and AI · Meredith Curtis on getting the joy back.
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More Homeschool Help from Lisa Nehring
If you are doing the math on whether your teen can really run a life, Lisa offers practical help for filling in the gaps before launch day.
- Free homeschool resources at Not That Hard to Homeschool: Lisa’s Start Here guide, help for your first 30 days, and her free Typical Course of Study for junior high and high school.
- The Fourfold Method curriculum from Not That Hard to Homeschool: Gather, Test, Connect, Commit. A simple, repeatable way to help your kids keep what they learn, with a free guide and a full line of books built on the method.
- Self-paced classes at True North Academy: courses your student can work through on your family’s schedule.
- Live online classes at True North Academy: accredited classes for grades 7 through 12, taught live by real teachers. Browse high school and junior high classes.
Find more episodes like this one on the Life Skills 101 podcast page.
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