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   "RT"  wrote in message   
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   > Your Name wrote:   
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   > > "MDH"  wrote in message   
   > > > RT  wrote in   
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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.   
   >   
   > So there is no cooking anymore?   
      
   In some homes, definitely there is no cooking. If you discount pre-made   
   things you simply shove in a toaster or microwave, then there's even less   
   cooking going on.   
      
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