@ryanhoulihan You mean all those topics that parents have tried to teach their kids but all they got back was #OKBoomer? That's not parental neglect--that's blockheaded ignorance on the part of Gen Z and Millennials. Get that right, how 'bout.
@ClaraListensprechen4 Hey Clara, I don't want to launch right into the ad-hominems like everyone else did, but I do want to clarify as someone who is a millennial. My parents taught me these things because they noticed that they were no longer being taught in school. However, many of my peers were not. Their parents were checked out on what was going on with their education and they weren't supplementing.
@ClaraListensprechen4 My sister's husband in particular has struggled to learn important life skills on his own because his parents were very checked out and the education system did not teach. My sister has been helping him now, and my parents, try to fill in some of those knowledge gaps of things he had to try to figure out on his own but has struggled to get down correctly.
@ClaraListensprechen4 Some things were removed because they were considered too gendered (home ec and shop) rather than just requiring everyone to take both. Some were removed to make room for common core requirements which only teach to the test and don't focus on teaching important life skills. Regardless, if people's parents DIDN'T step in, those skills were not communicated.
@lyssachiavari
You say further: "Some things were removed because they were considered too gendered (home ec and shop) rather than just requiring everyone to take both. Some were removed to make room for common core requirements which only teach to the test and don't focus on teaching important life skills."
...and that's not a Boomer problem. It's something a Boomer protested, so get that straight and keep that straight.
