Raising kids in a changing world order
Hey #Nostr fam - I love the idea of having this community here!
I have two sons - 7 yrs old and 4 yrs old. My 7 year old is on the autism spectrum and has limitations in communication and social skills, but he's advanced with numbers. My 4 year old thus far appears to be neurotypical and highly social/communicative, but also appears to be ahead in reading and math. He's recently discovered a love for Legos, and yesterday he correctly assembled a marble maze that was rated for ages 8+.
We are in a public school system that we are quite happy with, and it was largely the reason that we settled where we did. My 7 yr old is getting great support with notable progress, and my 4 yr old appears to have options ahead of him to help him progress where his talents are without isolating him socially (and hopefully without pressuring him to maintain any sort of lofty expectations).
My questions for other parents in the community: What do you see as the skills that will be sought-after in the decades to come?
I'm constantly on the lookout for that venn diagram where my kids' leanings and talents intersect with community and industry needs -- like when I was coming of age in the 90s and the IT industry was the big pull. STEM seems like the obvious umbrella to stay under, but it's a tremendously large umbrella.
My instincts say coding (in general, less specific, more about fundamental software building blocks), AI (architecture, prompting), and finance (to enable good decisions early).
What are other parents doing?
