that's what home ec class used to be for. learning life skills. but some school don't teach it anymore, or it's considered the "girl glass". >.<
as for at home.. well, my parent's never really taught me any of it beyond "these buttons turn the stove on". i had to pick it up from cooking shows or trial and error after watching them do something.
though they might just be cursed. i can't bake. it constantly burns. homer simpson lighting the cereal on fire? this girl.
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"I can't cook" or "I don't know how to sew"
I read an article in a magazine once that was about the shocking amount of young adults who leave home without having the faintest idea how to look after themselves. They can't cook, sew, use a washing machine, do basic housework and in short, don't know how to maintain a house or flat. This is simply cuz a lot of parents don't bother teaching their kids the basics when they live at home, and/or do everything for them.
My parents taught me how to do most things while I lived at home. My mother taught me how to cook and how to sew while I was still at primary school. Even before I learned properly to cook, I still was encouraged to help in the kitchen, and so were my brothers. It beggars belief that young adults can leave home, and not know how to do anything. Much as the parents might like to blame schools for scrapping lessons like Home Economics and Textiles, it's not the schools' responsibility, it's theirs.
http://www.theguardian.com/education...n-leaving-home
This article is aimed at students, but it really applies to every young adult leaving home, whether they're going to university or just moving in with a boyfriend/girlfriend or getting a place of their own. The sad thing is, that most of these tasks aren't difficult to learn. Hell, if I as an eight year old could learn quickly how to sew on a button, I don't think any eighteen year old is going to have much trouble.
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