Navigate without a GPS. Really, do much of anything without consulting the internet first. There’s a lot of stuff I’m better than them at, but that’s because I’ve almost never had to learn without instructions.
Motivate themselves into action.
Handy work, talking to people, handwriting
Moving me tf away from the part of town I was being raised in… or, alternatively: not having a distant father. You can’t teach a boy what they need over just one weekend. FFS.
My dad is way better at car maintenance and handy work. Machines just talk to him.
My dad failed his 11+ so was sent to a technical school so he actually learnt how to lay a row of bricks or how to beat out lead flashing. He did end up doing a PhD in Physics but I suspect his early school years explain why he’s always been much more practical than me. My wife was a stage tech during uni so I’ll happily defer to her for joinery. I can just about solder a copper pipe or big pads on a PCB.
I learned a lot about home maintenance and handiwork from my dad, but then I started looking stuff up and realized he’s been stubbornly doing a lot of projects the wrong way.
It ain’t wrong if it gets done.
–dad
Why fix what ain’t broke?
— also dad
Reproduce
Why is this being asked in the past tense?
I didn’t even notice. Perhaps OP also no longer has living parents.
It also could be referencing something that they were better at in their prime, but may no longer be able to do due to age. Like answering running if your dad was a professional runner or something.
Reproduce. And they were infertile
Own a home
Earn and communicate with stranger
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My mom was relatively successful, without much post highschool education at a time, and sometimes in a field, that were much more difficult for women.
Trusting the official sources of information, understanding what a person ought to do in life, see a value of their jobs, believing in controversial things.
My father worked as a builder and a mechanic, so there wasn’t much he couldn’t fix if he put his mind to it.
Ironing and folding clothes
They are both intellectually superior to me and my brother, their only children. I’m pretty sure he and I are a bit of a disappointment to both of them, but they would never admit that.
