Be able to set a table so that you feel like you're dining, not just sitting and eating.

Common sense comes from experience, and kids need to fail as well as succeed in order to learn it. It's difficult to develop common sense when you spend a lot of time in your room where nothing much happens.

Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.

Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom.

Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments.

Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike.

One of the few articles of clothing that a man won't try to remove from a woman is an apron.