Traditional religious and family values.
Morals and ethics...Respecting yourself and others
Leadership and setting examples
Volunteering at home, at school and in your community.
Personal and family economics. Learning about saving, debt, investing, budgeting,
Earning a living...all the various things people do to make money and keep society functioning.
Ways we strengthen our minds and bodies and what to avoid.
I'm sure there are many others we could add to the list that would build wisdom, strength and character in young people.
Yes, they did. And good on you both.
We're both working as well- without grandparents the homeschooling would be exponentially tougher. We have access to a great co-op as well, totally with it. We're also looking to expand our local connections to form a group so we can trade skills closer to home. We're both STEM nerds and like to teach, and we know there's lots of hunters, fishers, farmers, etc around with real life skills, valuable wisdom.