Today I taught Lia (10) how to start and tend a fire. Also how to extinguish the fire safely. She paid attention and even sang Kumbaya while burning the contents of the waste paper baskets. She has a strange sense of humor.
I think that tending a fire, planting seeds and plants, cooking potatoes and making pancankes are all life skills grandparents should teach their grandchildren. Her brother (22) learned to cook in my kitchen, and I like to think that his success with beautiful young women has some of its roots in his ability to make a decent breakfast.
I never felt the need to sell up and move somewhere else after retiring. Of course, it helps that I really like winter much more than endless summer. What are you teaching your children and grandchildren?