Adulting class in high school

[Fullxbusymom]

My DD13 is in 8th grade,and the time has come for her to apply for high school. She wants to attend a very fast paced, high academic early college high school here in town. We were going over the course catalog(this thing is 63 pages long!) and one of the courses offered to seniors is "How to be an adult". It teaches budgeting, grocery shopping, balancing a checkbook, caring for a home(including basic maintenance), child development, how to do your taxes, among other things. I am really pleased about this. Too many kids are sent out into the world with very little concept on how to actually survive independently as adults.

That is a mandatory class in our public high school . Pretty common course now a days. I have never heard of applying for high schools before, guess you learn something new everyday.

[Spunky]

We called it civics and home economic class.

[Shaken1976]

I feel like a lot of this stuff should be incorporated into other classes. Creating a budget and sticking to it can be done in math. English can take care of how to do an interview and build a resume. Science can take on some of the other stuff. Health can take on some cooking.

[Poietes]

One more thing the schools have to do since parents don't want to parent. My parents taught me how to do all of that. It's sad that we want to pop out kids left and right but not actually raise them any more.

[PoplarGrove]

That should be a required course everywhere. Some say it's the parent's job to teach those things but I've seen enough parents who don't have these skills themselves to say that teaching adulting is as essential as teaching math.

[PoplarGrove]

One more thing the schools have to do since parents don't want to parent. My parents taught me how to do all of that. It's sad that we want to pop out kids left and right but not actually raise them any more.

Or they can't do it because they were never taught it themselves. You can't break a cycle without education. Count your blessings that you were born into a family able to teach you these things. Not all children are.

[Poietes]

One more thing the schools have to do since parents don't want to parent. My parents taught me how to do all of that. It's sad that we want to pop out kids left and right but not actually raise them any more.

Or they can't do it because they were never taught it themselves. You can't break a cycle without education. Count your blessings that you were born into a family able to teach you these things. Not all children are.

If you are not capable of teaching your children how to be an adult then you shouldn't have kids. That is what being a parent is. But so many people think it's just dressing up kids, feeding them then sending them off to let other people teach them to be human. Yes, I guess I'm lucky to actually have parents and grandparents who wanted to produce competent adults. We should all want that for our kids.

[Valentina327]

That's a great idea. It should be required in all schools, not just some. Not all parents effectively teach these skills at home. Sounds like a good school!

[Valentina327]

One more thing the schools have to do since parents don't want to parent. My parents taught me how to do all of that. It's sad that we want to pop out kids left and right but not actually raise them any more.

Or they can't do it because they were never taught it themselves. You can't break a cycle without education. Count your blessings that you were born into a family able to teach you these things. Not all children are.

If you are not capable of teaching your children how to be an adult then you shouldn't have kids. That is what being a parent is. But so many people think it's just dressing up kids, feeding them then sending them off to let other people teach them to be human. Yes, I guess I'm lucky to actually have parents and grandparents who wanted to produce competent adults. We should all want that for our kids.

Valid point and I agree completely. However, this group of parents are the ones that got caught in the mortgage meltdown. There's obviously something missing in their financial literacy training and critical thinking, so they might not be as effective as they should be teaching their children adequately. Having a supplement to fill in the missing pieces is not a bad thing.

[Poietes]

Or they can't do it because they were never taught it themselves. You can't break a cycle without education. Count your blessings that you were born into a family able to teach you these things. Not all children are.

If you are not capable of teaching your children how to be an adult then you shouldn't have kids. That is what being a parent is. But so many people think it's just dressing up kids, feeding them then sending them off to let other people teach them to be human. Yes, I guess I'm lucky to actually have parents and grandparents who wanted to produce competent adults. We should all want that for our kids.

Valid point and I agree completely. However, this group of parents are the ones that got caught in the mortgage meltdown. There's obviously something missing in their financial literacy training and critical thinking, so they might not be as effective as they should be teaching their children adequately. Having a supplement to fill in the missing pieces is not a bad thing.

There is no excuse for a parent not being a parent. Maybe it should be an elective and if the parent chooses not to or is incapable of doing their job they should have to pay someone else to be the parent for them. I feel badly for these kids who's parents just wanted another accessory instead of the responsibility, but it should not be mandatory. My kids should not be forced to sit through a useless class when they already know this stuff.