I have a ggd (20 months old) who was over the house one day and the "house phone" rang.....she was perplexed at the sound and where it was coming from......and a bit frightened...now when she visits and the phone rings she will put her hand to her ear and say 'ello................
When I was a newlywed and we were furnishing our home I had to have a sewing machine......I thought it was one of the "necessary" appliances in a house. Did not take me long to realize not true, but my daughters grew up knowing how to use "mom's" sewing machine to make repairs......unfortunately one of the two just returned a sewing machine I had given her several years ago-for my annual garage sale-as she "never uses it".....but one out of two isn't bad odds, but two gd don't know and don't want to know about sewing, altho when I babysat them as little ones they would "sew" w/me in my sewing room..........all they know now is texting on their phones!!!!!!what a sad thing.......