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   "MDH"  wrote in message   
   news:Xns9DA9895BFFBB0mdhalbrookyahoocom@69.16.186.8...   
   > RT  wrote in   
   > news:4C2B6116.F263423C@hotmail.com:   
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   > >> "Boiling an egg" was just an example, but EVERYONE should be taught   
   > >> how to prepare basic meals since eating is one of the neccessary   
   > >> requires of our lives - reading Shakespeare (again, just one example)   
   > >> is nowhere near necessary.   
   > >   
   > > Shouldn't the parents be doing that?   
   >   
   > That's the problem, basic Home Ec type education has been out of the   
   > American schools for so long a lot of the parent's don't have the skills   
   > anymore to teach the kids.  And truth be told, Teaching cooking & baking   
   > can cover basic math, some chemistry, critical thinking, and a lot of   
   other   
   > things.   
      
   Not only that, but thanks to skyrocketing prices, etc. most parents have to   
   work and don't really have the time to teach their kids. Long gone are the   
   "June Cleaver" style days of mommy being at home after school baking the   
   kids cookies.   
      
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