You give words to my thoughts @giantbear. My kids are still young (9&12), while I am old. My life and career have exposed me to some of the worst things life has to offer and I am very protective of them. Often I think, too protective.

In addition, the future is looking to be vastly different from the world I grew up in. Recently someone predicted that I may not have the joy of teaching my kids how to drive as driving may be an obsolete skill by then. I recently tried to explain to my son what a cheque account is and what a cheque looks like. I did not have an example to show him...

So I have questions about which skills I should ensure that they have. About what kind of world they will be living in.

Life scares me too @giantbear. Thank you for a very relevant and thoughtful post.