Hey Pandas, What Is Something That Today’s Generation Of Kids Don’t Know But Should?

That to get results, the best way is to focus on improving (and enjoying) the processes (e.g. The process of science results in better knowledge; the process of capitalism drives growth, the election helps democracy, etc). Therefore, we should focus collectively to improve these processes (e.g. By pre-registering researches or holding CEOs/politicians accountable...

Dark skies at night. Wilderness that isn’t crawling with people. Starfish on the Oregon coast; they’re mostly dead now. Uncountable numbers of flying insects in the summer. Specialty stores for everyday items like shoes and electronics, where the employees were long term professionals who actually knew about their products. A populace who mostly trusted news sources, instead of just looking for headlines in their own private echo chamber on the web. Time away from phones, so work or family or friends weren’t an inch from your ear and dug into your life 24 hours a day.

If you find your home, work, and shops by bicycle, you won't need a car. You can do a finer-grained search using one, while saving lots of time and money in a city. A car-less friend had his house paid off before he was 30. The exercise will pay big dividends in health.
Mostly avoid prepared food. Simple cooking is far healthier and cheaper. If we don't go vegan, we will lose many more species, and at least a billion people. This many people can't live like the pioneers.
Using hand tools is more satisfying than a 3-D printer. You are hard-wired for life with few people and stone-age technology - culture makes you an emulator for civilization, but there's always glitches.

Know that reading headlines on Facebook or Twitter will not make you informed. It will likely make you as uninformed as the people you will come to hate for their viewpoints.

When you are an adult, read or listen to a legitimate news source. Treat it as a citizen's duty. If you want investigative journalism to uncover conspiracies and the like, you need to get a subscription to a real newspaper. (They have them online of course.) Your country is depending on you for this.

How to read clouds and the weather (changes) they bring.
How to make mixtapes.
How to graft trees.
Which plants are edible.
How to communicate respectfully and lovingly (then again, no priour generation ever learnt that either).

Being different and have different opinion doesn't mean we must hate each other.

Coca-Cola used to come in glass bottles. I swear Coke tasted better out of glass.

How to tell time on an analog clock.
How to read a map.
How to spell "you, are, and okay" properly, not "u, r, k".
How to meet someone to date other than online.
How to call someone you're interested in on the phone, don't just text all the time! My daughter's teen years were spent reading texts then asking her friends "what do you think he means?"

Spend less time with technology and spend more time exploring what the world has to offer.

Spend a number of years planning the perfect heist with people you trust. If that doesn't work out, listen to 'Everybody's Free (The Sunscreen Song)' by Baz Luhrman. Here's a few of my favourite lines:

Ignore beauty [blogs], they will only make you feel ugly.
You are not as fat as you imagine.
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good.
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Wear sunscreen.

baby shark sucks literal ass

Simple Math

How to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Without a calculator

Not attending college may be a smarter decision than life-long debt and money stress.

1. Influencer or Youtuber is not a sustainable carrier choice. If a kid wants to be a performer - fine, give it a go. It still requires skill but sure. Most of children have sole purpose: play video games or do makeup or gossip and earn enough live in mansions.

2. Buying advertised products or merch does not make you cool, does not make you a "supportive fan". It makes you an abused fan - being squeezed of every penny you earn for useless crap.

Always allow yourself to be challenged and challenge yourself. Listen to others' points of view

Challenge your tastes of music, culture, friendship groups....

Go to nice places (art galleries) and do nice things (afternoon tea). Don't feel they'r'nt 4U.

Respecting others who don’t share your point of view. What happened to the day when people could disagree on politics or religion without it ruining friendships? You do you- let me do me. Stop getting offended because I don’t share your views or shoving you views down my throat. Live and let live.

That it is okay if a mother doesn't love you, and not all mothers love their children. Took me YEARS to accept that, and to stop trying to please my mother, and to stick in there while she spouted vile, horrible, and untrue things about me. I'm so much happier without that HUGE burden that a mother should NEVER place on a child. Or any family member, for that matter.

That just because someone isn't your biological parent, that they can STILL be your RIGHTFUL PARENT. My adoptive father IS my dad. My biological father lost that right. And I'm thankful forever.