I am only 56 years old (yes, I know, just a child). However, people of my generation and way before took for granted many skills that we see quickly vanishing. I interviewed one young man today who is of the "millennial" generation (he is 21) and he surprised me because he knew so well most of these skills that I will discuss in this article! Much has been written lately on the forgotten skills of millennials (and probably others who come after my generation) and the need to address this growing problem.
In this article, I will address only the physical skills that we are rapidly losing as a culture. In a future article I will deal with the social skills we seriously need to bring back. Everyone needs to know the following skills ASAP in order to be a tough, functioning, self-reliant adult:
1. Home economics skills.
Back in the ancient world we called this "home ec" in high school. (One of the best courses I took in high school was a home ec class called "Maternal and Infant Care." Lots of guys took it. We learned a bunch about what it takes to run a household, to change diapers, and to basically prepare for being a husband and father. I can tell you that class certainly made me think twice about the seriousness of raising a family. Wish we had more classes like that one that taught me real-life skills.
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3 comments:
If they didn't have a phone and YouTube, they'd be helpless.
When someone drops a EMP bomb and puts us in the stone age, you'll see how being dependant only on electronics will be a huge mistake. We need paper books, we need basic life skills. This is a total disaster for America in about two generations.
My grandparents lived next door. They were my REAL mentors. I learned to hunt,garden and can and bake. They never even bought a TV their home was full of books and records and their interests. A work shop a sewing room and both could draw and paint and corresponded by typed letters to all their old friends and family and liked being at home. They seldom ate out. They had everything better at home than was out in the world. Both from the depression era were very thrifty but wanted for little and gramp's got a degree on the GI bill and worked in a hardware and was the best read man I have ever know. Times have changed.
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