As a food technologist - I am the one who thinks up new foods for people to eat and cook in their homes - and a parent of two boys - I firmly agree that sewing and cooking is a life skill. Both boys and girls shoudl take these classes and the girls should also take basic wood craft and homr repair.
Male and females loose buttons on their shirts and sooner or later both gender also have to use a hammer, nails and screw driver.
The school districts, state governemnts and federal goverment need to understand that basic life skill include more than reading, writing, math, it also includes safely feeding oneself, how to clean one clthes and keep in good repair.
Hopefully things will turn around and schools will start teaching these subjects again.