Ask a young man or woman today and needless to say they probably don’t know how to cook or do laundry as well as past generations at the same age.
More and more parents want to see home economics re-introduced to schools. What would be taught in these courses?
Not just cooking but also practical skills like understanding how to manage finances (i.e. paying monthly bills or taxes) or learning more about nutrition. As the saying goes, we are what we eat.
Imagine a sewing class so your child knows how to resew back a lost button or a gardening class where a kid can learn how to grow fresh herbs. This is not to say that the standard math, reading, science, and history aren’t important. But what is being taught in schools may simply be not enough.
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