anne2016

to be fair...I have never churned butter...
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True for me too...I never milked a cow and never sheared a sheep's wool and never cut wood with an axe. My nan and grandpa did that. I learned to iron, cook and bake and do household chores. With a big family everyone had to help. It was my job to do all the ironing. I hated it and still do. The younger generation have fewer kids and they have more conveniences to help with everyday chores so they don't learn the things that we needed to learn. The younger ones also have skills I will never learn. They are technically savvy whereas I can barely use a computer for e-mail and visiting quilting websites. Every generation has changes and new things bring new challenges.

janjanq

When my daughters were In high school I was dismayed that home ec class no longer existed. To me that was one of the most important classes! I think both boys and girls should be required to take classes that teach topics like cooking, child care, money management, housekeeping, home repair, etc.

fivepaws

I believe it. The only time I use my iron is when I am quilting or ironing freezer paper together for templates. Haven't ironed in years. Thank goodness!!

Wanabee Quiltin

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.

Geri B

inheriting and creating more.....on a discussion panel on a tv show the topic was AI - artificial intelligence. The forecast for its use/expansion is a bit frightening.

Of my two daughters, I have one that could survive on a mountaintop and the other who is too busy with her job to do mundane things, and therefore her two daughters are oblivious of the bare essentials of life......if it's not on the Internet or you can't order it on line, it's just not worth it! That's their philosophy......

Linda1

I am 70 years old and when I was young I ironed people's clothes and other items for 10 cents per piece

AZ Jane

I was wearing a t-shirt one day and someone asked if it was new. Of course, I said no, had it for years, why?? Because it had those lines in it like new clothes. ???????? OH!! I actually fold my clothes!! LOL, the type, where you fold in the sides then twice in the center. Bahahahahahah
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Dodie

I don't know why after all this time but it still amazes me what these kids do not know in this day and age as through a conversation one little girl said to me "what is a picnic" in another conversation with a church going mother a little boy ask "what is a hymn" it is so sad that this stuff is all going by the way side no woner there are so many mixed up kids out there.

carolynjo

It does make one wonder at how untrained young folks are today. They can work their electronic toys and computers, but cooking? What's that. Then there's sweeping, ironing, mowing the lawn, etc. Thankfully, my kids were taught life survival skills and they passed those on to my grandkids.

carolynjo

Janjaq: I am with you that Home Ec and shop should still be taught in schools. Also parenting classes, money management, etc. No one seems to think these skills are important any more, and then wonder why they are always in debt, etc. My daughter, who sews. frequently is "gifted" with expensive clothes that just need a tiny bit of sewing like hemming over long pants, sewing a button on, etc.