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First the chicken roasting-I'm over 60 and never roasted a chicken. I do not recall that my mother ever roasted one either.
As for the "adulting" classes-I can't recall my parents ever discussing health insurance with me. My father worked in the steel industry. Insurance was part of the standards benefit package, plus there weren't all these choices then, e.g. high deductible, managed care plans, blah, blah. The choice was generally "take it or leave it". I doubt it occurred to my father, the primary wage earner, that a professional job such as I got when I graduated from college would not offer health insurance.
Car tags? That seems pretty simple. Again, when I was first on my own, the states where I lived had the same expiration date for everyone; they sent you a renewal when it was due and you sent in your money and got your new plate, or some variation on that theme. Illinois' plates expired on Feb. 15, people were always complaining about putting on new plates (a new set every year) in the snow. As an aside to that, I did learn you were supposed to pay your bills when they came due. Even now here in CO, you get some notification that your tags need to be renewed and if you need an air-quality inspection.
Air filters? Seriously?
Living with roommates? Some young adults learn this in college. Family living is a pretty good teacher about getting along with different people.
Talking to your landlord? You need a class to know how to do this? This YA generation is very "communications" oriented, with social media, cell phones, texting, etc. Need to talk to the guy/woman? Call or send a text.
Finding legit news sources? Again, when I was a YA, there was the daily paper, a few news magazines (Time, Newsweek, US News and World Report), TV network news and the National Enquirer. It was pretty obvious which were legit. These days, yes, thousands of websites, but it's not *that* hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. The local paper and network news are pretty reliable.
Why do I need to roast a chicken? They come that way at WalMart, HEB, etc---
Are kids supposed to know everything the day they turn 18 or their parents are failures?
I was discussing health insurance with my daughter, then age 18. she looked confused and asked where we learned all this? I told her its just through living, the school of life. You can't instruct someone in everything before they need to know it, it would just go in one ear and out the other anyways! Let's see, little Jason and Jennifer, lets do our flashcards today:
Deductible
Copay
Benefit
Premium
Now, lets all go roast a chicken!
Next year, when you turn six, I will teach you how to balance a checkbook and fry an egg!
I'm one of the millennials, and had Home Economics classes in middle school. I learned to sew using a sewing machine, we had a semester of cooking, if I had to relearn how to use a sewing machine I could but I haven't.
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I learned to sew by buying a sewing machine. Perhaps I am over stating things since I haven't done anything more than hems.......but it sure beats making my harem pants by hanging the legs over my ballet barre and hand stitching it there!
As it was, I learned to hand stitch by being in the Navy. There was a need, to cuff things bought out of the Exchange and there was no time to have it tailored, and I did it.
Why is everyone harping on the roast chicken. It's just an example of a basic food item whose preparation is easy to learn. I grew up eating roasted chickens. I could even make a Thanksgiving turkey.
Why is everyone harping on the roast chicken. It's just an example of a basic food item whose preparation is easy to learn. I grew up eating roasted chickens. I could even make a Thanksgiving turkey.
A basic food item for YOU, perhaps, but perhaps not for others. I hardly ever eat chicken except out of the can and then it is only in stews and salads.
That may be part of it in that there are certain items one seems intent to ram down the throat of others and those items are rather local.
Would it be right if I insisted that everyone needs to be taught how to mix powdered milk? After all, I grew up on the stuff and now as an adult, it is what I drink. It is a more economical use of the product so why shouldn't everyone know?
Why is everyone harping on the roast chicken. It's just an example of a basic food item whose preparation is easy to learn. I grew up eating roasted chickens. I could even make a Thanksgiving turkey.
Why do I need to roast a chicken? They come that way at WalMart, HEB, etc---
GAH! The SALT! I cannot eat commercial rotisserie chicken. But to that point, being able to control the economics and health benefits of ones food is what motivates me to continue to cook from scratch. That's just me.
Why is everyone harping on the roast chicken. It's just an example of a basic food item whose preparation is easy to learn. I grew up eating roasted chickens. I could even make a Thanksgiving turkey.
There seems to be an implication that that one skill is specifically paramount. I doubt that was intended. I think the notion of being able to control the economics and health benefits of ones food by having knowledge of how to prepare it is paramount.
A basic food item for YOU, perhaps, but perhaps not for others. I hardly ever eat chicken except out of the can and then it is only in stews and salads.
That may be part of it in that there are certain items one seems intent to ram down the throat of others and those items are rather local.
Would it be right if I insisted that everyone needs to be taught how to mix powdered milk? After all, I grew up on the stuff and now as an adult, it is what I drink. It is a more economical use of the product so why shouldn't everyone know?
The point is, it was an example. No one is telling you to have roast chicken. It's just odd that everyone focuses on the chicken roasting and ignores the fact they don't know how to use a bank by the time they get to adulthood. It does seem like things like taking your kids to the bank to open a savings account when they're little has gone by the wayside, although I'm sure bank fees have something to do with that. But there for sure ARE important things that kids need to know about in the adult world, like how credit works, that many do not learn. The classes sound like a great idea.
No need to get defensive if you didn't teach your kids to roast a chicken, again just one example of a basic meal.
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