You may have taken a home economics or home studies course if you graduated from school before the year 2000.That is, if you were a girl.The value of understanding these domesticity principles cannot be overstated.
The sexist aspect of home economics, however, is that these classes were not taken by boys.
The notion that both men and women should take care of the home and family is becoming more widely accepted.
Unfortunately, fewer schools are offering their kids—boys and girls alike—the chance to acquire the fundamentals of maturity, and home economics subjects are disappearing.
In order for kids to continue learning subjects that they just cannot learn from history and mathematics, many individuals want home economics to be reinstated in schools.
This is particularly true in the hectic world of today, when many high school students return home to find their homes deserted and parents working long hours. They are required to take care of the necessities, such as laundry and cooking for themselves.
However, how many of them learn how to accomplish this in school?
The ability of home economics to help children become more self-sufficient is undeniable.According to a recent survey, 62.7 percent of the 3.1 million high school graduates in the United States in 2020 were enrolled in college.
Many kids swapping home for a dorm room are having to fend for themselves for the first time.
If they have been taught how to do these things at school, they are more likely to cook healthy meals, wash the laundry on a regular basis, and keep their living space clean.
Perhaps home ec was criticized for being sexist, but that was back in the day.
Nowadays, societal expectations for women at home and at work have changed quickly, and it is widely acknowledged that women aren’t meant to be housewives, cooks, and parents unless they so choose.
However, there’s no reason home economics can’t be taught to students of both sexes today.
Learning how to cook, clean, and administer first aid is just the beginning.
What if we could learn how to change a lightbulb, pay taxes, or repair a tire through home economics? As adults, many of us still don’t know how to do these things, and we may never learn.
PEXELS/ANDREA PIACQUADIO
It makes perfect sense to have a special area where children may study this, but most schools continue to give priority to subjects that will not be useful to us in the future.
Of course, children can still learn a lot from their parents if everything else fails.
