> the real answer is: "Everywhere", "Software is eating the world" etc. But those answers are not satisfying because they dont really mean anything to the kids

> the real answer is: "Everywhere", "Software is eating the world" etc. But those answers are not satisfying because they dont really mean anything to the kids, nor their parents. I dislike that answer because it's not really an answer, it's a handwave. Perhaps the way to start is to refine the question. As you point out, "IT skills" is vague enough to be unhelpful in terms of understanding what the kids really want to know. But it would be a great starting point for a discussion that could lead to refining the question to be closer to what the kids actually want to know.