Things your parents taught you (that aren't common)

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  • sewerchick93
    sewerchick93 Posts: 1,440 Member
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    my mom taught me how to darn socks.
  • jacques57
    jacques57 Posts: 2,129 Member
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    Lessons from Dad:
    Don't use force, get a bigger hammer
    Earn your martini
    Don't go to bed with dirty dishes still in the sink
    Respect everyone; America should not have a caste system
    Servant leadership works best
    Relish the love of a good woman

    Lessons from Mom:
    Eat your vegetables or I'll kick your @ss
    Make your bed and clean your room or I'll kick your @ss
    Don't smoke! If you have to have a vice, drink!
    Don't listen to your father. We are better than most people.
    Our table manners prove we are better
    You should have been a priest
  • FabulousFantasticFifty
    FabulousFantasticFifty Posts: 195,833 Member
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    How to make Tortillas
  • Fitnin6280
    Fitnin6280 Posts: 618 Member
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    How to milk cows, fix fence, and drive tractor.
  • fredgiblet
    fredgiblet Posts: 241 Member
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    Also, my parents taught me how to drive stick (seriously, does NO one learn this nowadays?),

    I learned how to drive on a stick, haven't driven one since.
  • bamagrits15
    bamagrits15 Posts: 131 Member
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    How to tie a necktie. I'm a girl, but my Mom always tied my Dad's ties and she told me one day I'd tie my husband's ties. This might be a Southern thing??

    My daddy taught me this too. I love helping with his tie before church. He passed away when I was a teenager, but now I love helping my son's with their ties. Such a precious memory.
  • bamagrits15
    bamagrits15 Posts: 131 Member
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    My dad had a rule that before you could get your permit you had to learn how to change a tired, check tire pressure, jump off a battery, change a bulb, and check your oil.
  • MizTerry
    MizTerry Posts: 3,763 Member
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    Also, my parents taught me how to drive stick (seriously, does NO one learn this nowadays?),

    I learned how to drive on a stick, haven't driven one since.

    I learned how to drive a stick. One of my first cars was a stick so I had to learn. I love them, but I'm hell on clutches.

    My mother taught me how to can and freeze for the winter. I don't can anymore, but I absolutely do subscribe to blanching and freezing.

    I can clean fish and skin a deer like nobody's business.

    I was the best shot in boot camp. My dad taught me to shoot when I was a kid. He also taught me the one punch that can kill someone if I ever needed it.
  • AmigaMaria001
    AmigaMaria001 Posts: 489 Member
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    Granny taught me: About the Lord and how to live my life pleasing Him
    Mom taught me: Manners/etiquette
    Dad taught me: How to operate excavation, logging and farm equipment
    Older brother taught me: How to defend myself and him lol
    Younger brother taught me: Creativity
    Cousins taught me: How to sing, play piano, and guitar
    Jesus taught me: How to forgive
  • bamagrits15
    bamagrits15 Posts: 131 Member
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    Older brother taught me: How to defend myself and him lol

    Haha. I have two older brothers who I credit with making me pretty fearless.
  • KandGRanch
    KandGRanch Posts: 131 Member
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    My papaw taught me how to clean game when I was three.
    my dad taught me how to shoot at four.
    my mom taught me how to make suncatcher-cookies.
    how to build a custom handgun.
    how to use a bandsaw.
    how to reload ammo.
    how to rewrite computer programming
    how to find all the hidden Mario levels.
    card tricks.
    how to build a grandfather clock.
    how to wind that clock.
    how to make chicken and dumplins
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
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    My parents taught me to use proper grammar and spelling.

    My wife and I are doing the same for our children, but it seems like a losing battle.
  • melissay28
    melissay28 Posts: 100 Member
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    My grandpa made me learn my social security number
    My entire family taught me to respect military service members, and their families for the sacrifices that they make (both grandfathers retired from the Air Force, who knew I'd end up being a military spouse!)

    Respect & manners were also big in my family. We have passed it to our son and people comment all the time on how polite and well mannered he is.

    How to cook
    How to stand up for myself and not take crap from anyone
    How to sew
  • Deipneus
    Deipneus Posts: 1,862 Member
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    My dad, an engineer, taught me basic car maintenance and repair but that's not unusual. What is unusual is that he taught me how to measure electric current and electrical resistance. Once, he even bought me a multi-meter because he thought I should have my own.
  • zcb94
    zcb94 Posts: 3,679 Member
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    respect


    look at today's youth!

    I know! I'm sure everyone in my house grew up learning The Magic Words, but it feels like I'm the only adult in my family who still says them when appropriate. Others simply tell what to do regardless of listener age or rank.
  • _lyndseybrooke_
    _lyndseybrooke_ Posts: 2,561 Member
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    My parents taught me why it's important not to be anything like them. Thankfully, it was a lesson I learned before it was too late.
  • MizTerry
    MizTerry Posts: 3,763 Member
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    Lefty loosy, righty tighty
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
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    Wow, I feel a little neglected now. I guess the best thing my mom taught me was how to fold a fitted sheet so it comes out square and flat.

    THAT is a skill few people have mastered (and it is worse now with the elastic going around the whole sheet, not just the corners).
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
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    My Dad was willing to teach me how to shoot, but his #1 rule was that, before any of us kids put our finger on the trigger of a gun, we had to take a gun safety course. I decided to learn to shoot at age 50 and yes, I got my safety certificate first even though it is not required by law for my age group.
  • wonderfullymadebyhim
    wonderfullymadebyhim Posts: 170 Member
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    From my dad -- how to play chess and tennis
    From my mom - how to be generous and loving to others :)

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