You can’t fix it. You weren’t shown. Neither will your kid be — unless somebody decides this is the summer that changes.From Jonathan Grant-Wether, author of THE SOCCER EQ and THE SUMMER OF US, comes the third book in the trilogy on the invisible work of raising kids:
HOME SKILLS FOR KIDS — A Summer Challenge to Teach How a House Actually Works.
Eight Saturdays. Eight skills. One kid who won’t be helpless in their first apartment.
Here’s what they’ll know by Labor Day:Where every water shut-off in the house is, and how to use them.How to clear a clogged sink without poisoning the pipes.How a toilet actually works — and how to fix a running one without calling anyone.What a breaker is, what trips it, and what never to touch in the panel.Which filters in the house nobody ever changes (and why some of them cause fires).How to test the smoke alarm and run a real family fire drill.How to hang a heavy thing on a wall without it falling at 3 a.m.The meta-skill nobody teaches: when to call a pro — and the four sentences to say when they pick up.Built for the families you actually have:APARTMENT MODE — renters get a real version of every Saturday.LONG-DISTANCE MODE — grandparents and kids in different cities run the challenge by phone, mail, and video.SHORT-ON-MONEY MODE — every Saturday costs under $15. Most cost nothing.QUIET KID MODE — hands-first, talking optional.Gamified for the way kids think now. Each Saturday earns XP. Side Plays earn bonus XP. At the end of summer, you and the kid earn a real trade rank: Apprentice → Journeyman → Foreman → Master.
Who this is for:Parents. Grandparents. Step-parents. Aunts and uncles raising a kid. Foster parents. Godparents. The neighbor a kid calls “the older one I trust.” If you’ve got a kid in your life ages 10 and up, this book is yours. If you, the adult, never got taught any of this either — especially yours.
Inside:8 Saturday quests · 8 bonus Saturdays · a Glossary of Parts · a Household Pro List for your fridge · and the strongest single chapter Grant-Wether has written: When to Call Someone.
By Labor Day, the kid leads an adult through every system in the house. The adult signs the book. That signature is the gift.
Open the book. Put the phones in a drawer. Build something.
