Chuck

And in addition to finance stuff, they would learn things like, you know, how to tell if a chicken breast was underdone or maybe a few recipes to cook.

And if you don't teach people even basic stuff like how to cook, you can't really blame them for eating takeout constantly or eating nothing but prepackaged foods, right?

So some people say that this has led to the obesity epidemic that the United States is facing, at least in part.

It's probably a little full blown to say, yep, that's what happened.

We did away with home ec and now that's the problem.

The biggest problem is that's the food that's out there.

But some people are saying like, we're not, these people don't have any idea how to cook at all.

The parents didn't take up the slack when the home ec classes went away.

And so that's part of the problem that came from doing away with home ec.

I was wondering what the cause was of that disconnect.

Yeah, so is that as simple as that?

You just don't want to make your kid unhappy?

But that's what I'm saying.

And I'm not asking you to just speak for yourself, but speak for parents today.

You should buy her a straw hat and some overalls for Christmas and be like, this is the year you get started.

So one of the other things you might be saying is, like, there's an app for everything.

Like, if you can't cook, it doesn't matter.

DoorDash.

or somebody's going to make food for you and will bring it to you, you just have to give them money.

And it's that you just have to give them money thing that's kind of a problem right now because wages haven't kept up and debt has just continued to increase.