If you graduated school prior to the year 2000, chances are, you might have taken
a home economics or home studies class…if you were a girl that is.
There’s no denying how useful it is to learn these principles of domesticity.
Nowadays, the idea of women and men looking after the home and family is more accepted.
But sadly, home economics classes are dying out, and fewer schools are
giving their children – girls and boys – the opportunity to learn the basic skills of adulthood.
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As the medical team cradled the newborn, the room erupted in a mix of astonished gasps and tears of relief. Mark, who had been pacing the floor…
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The boy’s voice shook as he offered me his life savings to stop the yelling. His piggy bank rattled like a tiny alarm, begging someone to listen….