<p>Yes! I’ve seen it before. It’s fantastic!</p>
<p>I don’t do my own taxes.
I introduced D1 to my accountant. </p>
<p>Re the sewing machine, I don’t know how to work a sewing machine, don’t have access to one, and don’t know why my kids would need to. I don’t know if they know how to sew on a button. But drycleaners do it so cheaply anyway, I don’t think it’s a big deal. </p>
<p>Re the addressing an envelope, it seems that it used to be that part of being a responsible adult was carrying around a book of stamps, or having a roll of stamps at home, so you had easy access. That’s fallen by the wayside. Honestly on the rare occasions I need a stamp, I run it through my office’s postage meter and pay them back. </p>
<p>How to drive a car</p>
<p>My parents didn’t teach me to ride a bike; I learned in college, at age 20.</p>
<p>They also didn’t teach me how to cook, or how to manage money. </p>
<p>Oops. For various reasons my soon to be freshman DD is at home this summer. Between her and DS they are having to feed themselves during the day. I suggested tuna one day and DS actually texted me to say they didn’t know how to use the can opener. . . .then never mind, they looked it up on YouTube. </p>
<p>Today I walked DD through scrambled eggs with cheese and the green stuff (fresh parsley). And she lost her retainer. How do you lose a retainer?</p>
<p>Once I stop laughing I will put my head in my hands.</p>
<p>We did teach laundry, the technique if not the necessity. Banking, driving, opening envelopes. But who knew about can openers?</p>
<p>…it took me until recently (I’m 26) to understand how to make scrambled eggs</p>
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<p>I’m 51 and had to look up how to use my sister’s can opener when I stayed with her kids. It was one of those that cuts off the entire top and I’ve never had one of those. Seeing how it worked was a DUH moment though.</p>
<p>Well, there is also the fact that what you teach them might not stick. I have suggested to my D2 many times that she sort her laundry into light and dark loads. Coming home from freshman year this week, I noticed that she has a bunch of blue underwear (that was once white) that proves that teaching doesn’t always take…</p>
<p>^^^
She probably knows, but didnt care if her panties took on another color. </p>
<p>No… I think she would like it if SOME of her bras were still white…</p>
<p>You wash blood stains in COLD water</p>
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<p>I have taught both of my kids various things and sometimes they both learned/practiced and sometimes one/both chose to ignore. But, at least if asked, they would say, “yes, we were taught to do __________ .” We can lead a horse to water…</p>
<p>Many students complain about the bureaucracy at large universities. My guess is that in high school their teachers and parents took care of all the nitty gritty stuff like filling out forms, reading registration rules, looking up deadlines etc. </p>
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Have you ever had a retainer? Shoot, every night when it’s time to put it on I have to search the frequent spots I leave it. </p>
<p>Retainers? They get snatched by the same trolls (or gnomes or spirits) that steal our reading glasses. :)</p>
<p>Retainers would often get thrown away in school lunch sacks or wrapped in napkins.</p>
<p>I wish I’d insisted my D learn to type the <em>real</em> way. She’s like lightning with her two-fingered typing, but it’s painful to watch. And as fast as she is, she can’t type half as fast as I can with the Gregg method.</p>
<p>I gave up on " real typing". I can type fast with my eyes closed which was useful with a typewriter but is an invaluable college skill with a computers. Couldn’t convince my children. </p>
<p>^^^
Don’t schools everywhere teach Keyboarding? My kids’ school starts teaching Keyboarding around 3rd grade, so all students know how to type the “real way”…and without looking.</p>