EPISODE · Sep 30, 2020 · 12 MIN
Raising a Person
from Life in HD · host Joe B Lee
An alarming number of today's kids leave home without knowing certain basic life skills. From how to calculate a tip to the importance of writing a thank-you note, their are things that our kids will need to know in order to move through the world with a certain amount of confidence and grace. Catherine Newman's humorous book How To Be a Person: 65 Hugely Useful, Super-Important Skills to Learn Before You're Grown Up helps guide us through a ton of useful life skills. We speak with her about the book and get a better understanding of the challenges of helping our kids transition to personhood.
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An alarming number of today's kids leave home without knowing certain basic life skills. From how to calculate a tip to the importance of writing a thank-you note, their are things that our kids will need to know in order to move through the world with a certain amount of confidence and grace. Catherine Newman's humorous book How To Be a Person: 65 Hugely Useful, Super-Important Skills to Learn Before You're Grown Up helps guide us through a ton of useful life skills. We speak with her about the book and get a better understanding of the challenges of helping our kids transition to personhood.
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