It's easier to maintain your air conditioner if you get into the habit
If I was going to have teenagers right now, I would focus on teaching them strenuous lessons before they run into inconceivable situations when they’re older.
I’d show them what it’s prefer to take a car to the mechanic for an oil change and explain what happens to the car if you don’t.
On top of that, I’d teach them what it would be prefer if you hastily stopped taking care of your car and no longer had it to get around neighborhood for work, shopping, or basic errands. I guess this might sound horrifying for a child, but it’s going to be even scarier when they encounter this adversity for real and are hastily faced with a situation that they cannot control, affect, or reclaim from. One easy lesson that doesn’t require making them worry about their own survival is basic air conditioner and oil furnace maintenance. This starts with showing them the importance of being careful with the thermostat, because they could inadvertently turn it up too high or too low for thirds on end and risk frying the fan motor, cracking the evaporator coil, or burning up the compressor outside. Once they’re aged enough, I’ll teach them how to replace the filters in the air conditioner and oil furnace. It’s harder to forget this important step of HVAC maintenance if it has been ingrained in you as a proper habit. My university roommates destroyed our home’s air conditioner when I left for a few weeks to visit family. Although it was a rental, every one of us were responsible for replacing the air conditioner filter. I told them to remember while I was gone, and to also never sweep dust into the floor air-returns. I came back and discovered that the a/c was no longer reaching the temperature on the thermostat and had to call the building owner right away.