I agree. It’s just too 1950s to expect the princesses and princes of today to do menial work like sewing. Or cooking. So I’ve been told.
The best thing I ever learned was cooking and sewing. I was taught how to make a budget, stock a pantry, care for kids, clean a house, bake from scratch AND balance a checkbook in Home Ec too.
Damn shame it’s no longer looked upon as a need. Those were valuable lessons.
My wife taught both our daughters-in-law sewing, knitting, crocheting, you name it. She taught both our sons to cook and I don’t mean TV dinners. Our youngest son cooks at least half of his family’s meals; his wife is in law enforcement and sometimes has odd hours so it really helps to have a husband/father who can take care of the kids needs.
I very seldom eat out—but whoever I do the place is packed with young people that I know cannot afford to eat out every night.
My wife got a degree in vocational home ec nearly 40 years ago. The degree was almost obsolete before she got it. Most screwls dropped the program I think.
I’m told that kids today don’t know how to do much domestic or practical at all. I’m disconnected with the world today. We raised our children nearly in a June and Will Cleaver home in the 80s and 90s.