Originally Posted by
annthreecats
I hate that schools can't/won't offer sewing classes anymore.
Locally schools can't offer any arts anymore. I think my children had it better in the 90s than we did in the 70s and earlier. There was no way for me to get out of taking home ec. I did not want it and I did not need it but had to take it for a year in junior high (1977-78). My children took 9 weeks of different life skills classes. One year was cooking and one year sewing.
I will be honest that even if I had raised girls and home ec were available I wouldn't have agreed to let them take it. They have much more important things to learn in school. All of my sons can cook and sew because they learned at home just like they learned woodworking, basic mechanics and basic horticulture at home.