10/07/2026
Our parents prepared many of us for the world they understood.
Get an education. Work hard. Pay your bills. Be respectful. Stay out of trouble.
But some of us reached adulthood knowing how to build a résumé without knowing what to do if someone followed us home.
Knowing how to pay an electric bill without knowing what to do when the electricity stopped working.
Knowing how to be polite without knowing when it was okay to stop being polite and leave.
I don’t think that automatically means our parents failed us.
But once we recognize the gaps, we have a choice.
What nobody taught us becomes our responsibility to learn and something we can choose to teach the next generation differently.
What’s something about safety or preparedness you wish someone had taught you growing up?