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Are teens taught enough life skills to know how to 'adult'?

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In our neck of the woods, just 60 per cent of young Australians say their high school education prepared them for the future, while almost 70 per cent say they've taken some form of online classes in the past year, often to do with learning basic life skills. Those results are from Monash University's 2024 Youth Barometer Survey. Some participants felt high school hadn't equipped them with basic life skills, and it could be hard to learn them on your own.  

Period12 Jun 2025

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  • TitleAre teens taught enough life skills to know how to 'adult'?
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletABC BTN
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    Date12/06/25
    DescriptionIn our neck of the woods, just 60 per cent of young Australians say their high school education prepared them for the future, while almost 70 per cent say they've taken some form of online classes in the past year, often to do with learning basic life skills. Those results are from Monash University's 2024 Youth Barometer Survey. Some participants felt high school hadn't equipped them with basic life skills, and it could be hard to learn them on your own.  
    Producer/AuthorCale Matthews
    URLhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-12/are-teens-taught-enough-life-skills-to-know-how-to-adult/105402486
    PersonsLucas Walsh, Zihong Deng, Bao Huynh

Keywords

  • Young Australians
  • Informal education
  • Adulting
  • Australian Youth Barometer