Things are different now. My grandsons came over once and I asked them to make their own sandwiches from the spread I put on the table. They didn't know how to do it. Ages 9 and 12 ! They are now 10 and 13 and have never made a bed or swept a floor, don't know much of anything household related. I don't think their mother owns an iron either. My husband came from a family of 4 boys and one girl. The boys lived at home until they were really old (my DH was 41 when he married). When wash and wear came out, his mother told the boys (really men at that time) that she wasn't ironing their clothes anymore. She ironed her clothes but gave up on all the boys clothes and that was about 40 years ago. So I think a lot of people don't use irons anymore for clothes. And then I have a friend who irons every single thing, including her husbands work jeans. Good Grief.