To be furious at this article?

[CatThiefKeith]

Article linked to our local paper listing 50 things that lazy mums are failing to teach their children.

Presumably their fathers can't teach them anything because their penises get in the way!

https://www.mykentfamily.co.uk/primary/the-top-50-forgotten-skills-120839/

You could learn to make gravy from my mum. Open bisto. Boil kettle. You get the picture!

She did teach me to shave my legs. That's not on the list.

Who the feck wants to learn to do all that shit?

What about teaching our kids to go out and earn loads of money and pay someone else to do the drudge

Sewing. Honestly. Who cares?

This list is so out of date.
Things I teach my kids that I believe are essential are things such as:
How to sort items for recycling
How to rack the dishwasher
How to sort clothes for washing
What clothes can not be tumble dried
How to strip and remake a bed including a duvet cover
How to use the Internet sensibly
How to send an email etc
How to use the self service at the super market
How to cook
How to use the food steamer, panini press, coffee maker etc
How to fold clothes and reduce ironing time

And the list goes on! But these are the things children need to learn these days- who re-heels shoes etc? Darns a sock? And so on.

OMG, I think I did this survey!

It was a long list of strange, obsolete, and things-I-had-no-clue what they were (like that list of 50, but there was probably 3x that many total), plus a few things like making tea. You were meant to tick the things your Mum taught you, and then another one where you ticked ones you taught your kids. This is probably the list of the least-ticked options. So someone thought of all these, first - and then did some 'research' on the things no one ticked.

Dhs grandma used to darn his socks. Bless. Mother taught me 3/4 things on the list. Father a couple. Neither really taught me a great deal of things of value. And this list is lacking many skills of value, isn't it? So I learnt the hard way how to cook, clean, do the washing etc and it was pretty embarrassing having to copy others or ask. She thought she was doing me a favour to let me be a child and completely infantilise my brother and me. Father was always working therefore no use on that front either. When I went off to university, the only dish she'd taught me to make was spaghetti bolognese. Aunt taught me to iron. Neighbour gave us a recipe for beef in wine, which I followed.

I think it is a good thing to see our children as future adults and teach them life skills so they are prepared for the world. But this list is ridiculous.

I couldn't actually read the list past the first 3. Because who the fuck farms socks when they're about £5 a pack of 3 in every supermarket. And I have never even heard of reheeling your own shoes. Obviously my mum is to blame for this, I've sent her link and she's sent me back 'wtf'. She's not accepting responsibility. My gran is still alive and kicking so I'll take it up with her next time I see her.

Ridiculous article. I don't know who addis are but this will stick in my head if I cone across them again.

Theothersock love it.

Darns. Not farms. Although a sock farm would be brilliant.

I'm not furious about the list, I'm furious because the entire article puts the onus on MUMS to teach their children all these supposedly essential skills. Children who presumably have a father too. Why is the whole thing about MUMS not passing on old fashioned and largely useless skills? Replace the words mums/mothers with parents and I'd have no issue with it.

#everydaysexism. Saddens me to realise how many people are so accustomed to it they don't even see it.

Am surprised that melting old candles to make new candles wasn't on the list ;)

I teach my DC how to do normal stuff, like paint walls, put pictures up, will teach him to change a plug head and a fuse and do an online grocery shop (cause fuck making jam!)

Some of the stuff on there is so outdated.

This article belongs to the 1950s.

First of all, why is women that should teach those things, what about FATHERS? Aren't they totally unable to teach their own children anything at all?

And the list itself
I mean does anyone réheel their shoes on their own???

Things I teach my children: How to spot sexist crap when you see it.

I remember my 94 year old mother spring cleaning. Possibly she darned socks but I've never done either of them or quite a lot of other things on the list.
Folding clothes properly ? Is there a correct way ? Reheeling shoes ? WTF.
Life is too short for most of this.
My adult children do some of these things, cooking, sewing, gardening etc because they like doing it.
One has an allotment, one of my sons makes his own clothes, one likes recycling vintage furniture,my DH taught some of them to knit.
If they wanted me to help them to do things I did so if I knew how to but most things they have learnt in other ways.
More guilt for mothers.

I just let spiders crawl onto my hand and carry them outside. Would never kill them.

The wierd thing is I am not particularly an animal person, and have never held a hamster, for example.

I only have sons. Now completely confused as to whether I should teach them how to hem a dress, or is there a similar list of Manly Tasks that their dad should teach them. Like how to wee without dribbling over the seat? And does this mean I am redundant and should spend my days making jam and crocheting and hoping for grand daughters to one day pass my skills on to?

My dad can't (or won't) do anything round the house so along with all the traditionally 'female' jobs like cooking, my mum taught me how to put up shelves, painting and wallpapering, gardening, and basic electrics. Now I'm teaching her about the internet.

Well out of date; my mum had given up on most of those skills (she does know how) by the time she was 40. We are now 60 and 82! Who needs to know how to darn, or would bother on an acrylic sweater, or make trifle. That's what Google is for.

How do you kill a spider from a distance?

YABU to be furious. YANBU to be appalled. That list of 50 things is patronising, sexist shite. I have led a quite successful life without hemming a dress, making a trifle, making homemade ice lollies, recycling vintage furniture, spring cleaning a house, folding clothes properly, darning a woollen jumper. Alas, i have never re-heeled shoes but no regrets there either.

lol @ 34. Fashion tips & 48.Interior decorating. I'd love see my dd's face if I tried this with her.

Why should mothers teach their dc to skip rope? Isn't that what friends are there for? Looks like a glorification of 1950s housewife life.

CatThiefKeith aren't you thinking of becoming a local reporter? This is the reality - churning out press releases.

But if you get the job, you can put a different spin on it using your experience and be subversive with opinion pieces and stuff.

Not having a go. That's genuinely my opinion. You could have a lot of fun with it. Probably won't be allowed to do it though. It's not because because local papers hate women, it's because they and nationals aren't run like that any more and you'll be asked why the fuck you are wasting time. Just bash it out.

Look forward to seeing you at the London Meet Up, btw

I spent an hour darning last week (admittedly a cashmere jumper, not socks) and I'd love to know how to re-heel shoes because I am tight thrifty and opposed to waste. But this article is still sexist claptrap.

Have just emailed Addis:

I am astounded by the sexism in this sponsored article: www.mykentfamily.co.uk/primary/the-top-50-forgotten-skills-120839/. Why is it only mothers who are 'failing children' by teaching these skills? And the whole thing reads as if written in 1950. Who 'recycles soap' FFS? The sexist twerp who wrote this drivel has ensured that I will make a point of avoiding Addis products. I don't want to buy from a company that has such a contemptuous view of its customers. Addis should be building a brand that helps parents (both sexes) cope with modern life, not attempting to shame women for having jobs

limited I got the (admittedly unpaid) job! Bollocks will I ever put sexist claptrap like this in my copy though.

See you there.

My DDs know a lot of this stuff because I like to cook and bake. And yes, they can wash dishes and do laundry. So can DH.

The main thing I'm proud of having taught them is how to shoot a bow. They are both pretty good archers. I am probably a really bad parent.

Probably best not to read, "We Need To Talk About Kevin", pointy

#everydaysexism. Saddens me to realise how many people are so accustomed to it they don't even see it

Saddens me that you categorise it as not seeing it, when more accurately its seeing it but not being as furious as you about it.

Is it sexist?Yes. But its so ridiculous and baseless that its not worth getting upset about. Unless of course you want to, that's fine. You should complain about it if it bothers you enough.
But don't be giving out to people who aren't irate about it. Personally I don't think anyone will take that shite seriously for a moment, so there is no need to be fussed about it.

It's hilarious! Does anyone actually even do most of the utterly pointless things on that list anymore?

I wasn't taught most of them. Who on earth would bother to darn socks, recycle soap or patch trousers?