> “’Teenagers are so accustomed to either throwing their clothes on the floor or hanging them on hooks that Maushart says her ‘kids actually struggle with the mechanics of a clothes hanger’.... Many kids never learn to do ordinary household tasks. They have no chores.”
The remedy is in two words: “Parris Island.”
You got that right!
Not everyone is cut out for the military, but, I think most young people could benefit from a boot camp for life skills. This is something that could be part of high school. If we’re going to teach them how to use a rubber, the least we can do is tell them about doing laundry, balancing a checkbook, budgeting your money, how credit cards and mortgages work, how car loans work, etc.
Parris Hilton island?
My son graduates from San Diego Boot at the end of the month.
I know EXACTLY what you mean! ;-P