Sugar , Your questions are quite interesting ... Thanks for asking things like these .. As a parent (Im not yet :) ) I would like my children to learn how to do well in the world/ society than anything else. All skills like computer skills , reading , writing etc are quite normal skills these days that everyone knows. Reserchers have discovered that , one's technical and IQ related abilities play a very minor role (about 5%- 10 %) in ones success in the world and in the society. (Google, Microsoft founders are university dropouts ...). What matters most to the success in the world is one's sensitivity , consideration and understanding of other human beings and the world around them . EQ is the proper term for this. People who have higher EQ will have higher success rates. So bring up your children to be sensitive , considerate , sharing , kind , truthful , virtues human beings.... :) Those are the main skills that they require ..... :)

Reading.

What age group are you looking at? Children need to learn to talk and write in their own language. Some grow up bilingual. Obviously they need to be toilet trained, ages vary from country to country. Most are toilet trained by 2 and 1/2 to 3 years. They need to learn to dress themselves, use eating utensils, tie up shoe laces, know their name and surname, address and the emergency number to ring in case an accident happens. As they get older they need to learn basic cookery and cleaning skills. Here are 27 recommended skills: http://zenhabits.net/27-skills-your-child-needs-to-know-that-shes-not-getting-in-school/ Of course children learn new skills more quickly than adults.

Yes. Children learn faster. I think COMPUTER and ENGLISH needed to children.