Today I read that the top ten jobs in 2010 weren't even invented yet in 2004. As homeschoolers, this is HUGE. How can schools prepare our children for a world they can't even understand or predict yet? Instead of focusing on specific skills, like proper letter formation and written pages of mathematical "problems" kids need computer training (although for most kids this just means screen time, they don't need us to break it down in complicated ways) and they need flexible, creative-thinking minds that don't get stuck on "old ways" or "tradition" For our family, this means embracing the fact that we are in a rapidly changing world and we enjoy the technological advances that are made, and we try to balance that with our humanity. Full-body scanners for pregnant women and children... NO, but iPhones, YES. So what about you? How are you preparing your children for a technology-filled world in the future? There are just so many approaches, I love hearing them all.
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