How to use a compass and carry a conversation. How to react to an emergency and cook an egg. How to be alone. We reached out to child development experts, career planners, and business executives, about the skills most kids should have by the time they reach double digits. The resulting list serves as an excellent resource for finding those life skills that are actually important. Honestly, there are probably a few things on here that we’d all do well to brush up on, too.