That’s a shame. I started cooking when I was about 6 years old at my parents restaurant. I used to cook cheese burgers the most often.LOL
I did learn to sew in the ninth grade. Made a dress, and a skirt. Taught myself to crochet and knit using a book. Now, I don’t do any of that stuff, but I do still cook.
When Lil Miss was in 4th grade, she entered a 4-H cooking contest. The judges said she was too young to make crepes so I must have done it for her, grrrr. A couple years later, I was sick as a dog so the Thanksgiving spread was up to her. She did everything by herself except had to get Mr. b to lift the turkey out of the oven. I started teaching the kids life skills when they were little.
Growing up, money was tight so other than hand-me-downs, I didn’t get department store clothes so had to sew my own. I remember in jr. high knitting those vests that were popular. So cool back then but ugly now, lol. Jr. high was also when I learned that tie dying saved stained clothes (decades later I sighed when kiddo was required to buy a “new” t-shirt for a science class tie dying project). When high school came along with its required home ec. class, I demanded they let me into ag class. Whew, that caused a huge stink (oh no, not a girl!) but I got in.