KyDawg
Gone But Not Forgotten
The gubbmint dont make very good parents.
There was a time in history not that long ago where it was fairly common for offspring to live at home all the way up until they marry. Even then that didn't guarantee they leave the farm...
Experts say millennials are behind on these skills because many haven't left childhood homes. The U.S. Census Bureau said in 2015, 34 percent of Americans between 18 and 34 still lived with a parent. That's compared to just 26 percent in 2005.
There will be some smart ones out there that see what's on the table. While most will go to college for basket weaving, there will be several porstaffers who make D+ but scrap up through the trades.
The smart kids will claim to be all smart for years and regurgitate junk they read in science weekly, while making a welders fries, but all the money will be made by plumbers and welders in 2030.[/QUOTE
I agree , but you left out electricians!!!!
My daughter's freshman year at Kennesaw State, he 3 dorm-mates didn't know how to cook, wash clothes, or iron. Their moms came once a week and did it for them.
Comes down to the parenting. My kids both went (mostly) to public school and college, and turned out fine, while many of their classmates are idiots.
My daughter's freshman year at Kennesaw State, her 3 dorm-mates didn't know how to cook, wash clothes, or iron. Their moms came once a week and did it for them.
Both mine could cook and do laundry unassisted by the time they were 11 or 12. They had to, or they'd go hungry and wear dirty clothes all the time.
I've said it here before....we are witnessing the result of the participation trophy era of child raising. No winners or losers, no life lessons learned.
I'm sure all the same negative stuff above was cussed and discussed about us baby boomers too over all these years. And probably every new generation throughout human history.
But that said, I am too very concerned. Not about "skills", anyone can learn a new thing if they have the need and the desire to. But the concepts of what is right and wrong seem to be way, way off kilter.
I'm 34, born in 1984. I resent being lumped in with the millennials. I learned to cook early, never really played video games, and love the outdoors. I'm not a mechanic but I can do a few things, change oil and maintain small engines, and grow some groceries.
In college i grilled one evening and had people wanting to buy a home cooked hamburger. I started making money doing simple dinners for a crowd. It was sad how many people had no idea how to cook. My mom died when i was in the 8th grade, and my dad was opening a business and worked 80-100 hours a week to get it going. I did a lot of laundry and cooking in the years to come for my brother and my busy dad.
Kids(under 30) these days,dont know life skills. No child left behind, fear of corporal punishment, participation trophies, school being focused on passing standardized tests instead of learning. No home economics, no more shop class or automotive class unless you are out in the country. Kids are set up for this hardship, and it was baby boomers that created it by "law" and young gen x having kids and not being parents.
. Kids are set up for this hardship, and it was baby boomers that created it by "law" and young gen x having kids and not being parents.
That indictment lasts until the kid turns about 21 years old. From there it's on the kid. Your insinuation is the kids are stupid and their parents didn't educate the stupid out of them. Nothing could be farther from the truth. You're making excuses for them rather than offering reasons why young adults can't manage the simple things of life. The truth is there are no reasons why they can't manage. Show up on time and make an effort and the world will turn for you. Don't do those two things and nobody is going to have any time for you.
How will kids learn to work a full 40 hour (or more) job, showing up on time, staying late if needed to get the job done if they have never had to actually work for something in their life?