Comments on: How to Make Sure Your Child Doesn’t Need Adulting Classes https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/03/how-to-make-sure-your-child-doesnt-need-adulting-classes.html Everything to make HR better Thu, 29 Mar 2018 23:18:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: She's One Crazy Diamond https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/03/how-to-make-sure-your-child-doesnt-need-adulting-classes.html#comment-211335 Thu, 29 Mar 2018 23:18:58 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4264#comment-211335 In reply to burnout.

I agree, and I’m 25! My peers are always complaining about adulting and it makes me cringe so hard.

]]> By: burnout https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/03/how-to-make-sure-your-child-doesnt-need-adulting-classes.html#comment-208886 Wed, 08 Mar 2017 14:33:40 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4264#comment-208886 I truly wish we would stop using the word “adulting” as if it is some sort of novelty idea or activity.

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/03/how-to-make-sure-your-child-doesnt-need-adulting-classes.html#comment-208866 Tue, 07 Mar 2017 07:12:38 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4264#comment-208866 In reply to LK.

I really wish schools would teach basic finance.

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/03/how-to-make-sure-your-child-doesnt-need-adulting-classes.html#comment-208865 Tue, 07 Mar 2017 07:07:08 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4264#comment-208865 In reply to charles.

Personally, I think only wizards can fold fitted sheets, which is why I didn’t mention it as an adult skill. 🙂

]]> By: LK https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/03/how-to-make-sure-your-child-doesnt-need-adulting-classes.html#comment-208864 Tue, 07 Mar 2017 04:11:36 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4264#comment-208864 In reply to charles.

I watched 3 different YouTube videos and finally got it. Seriously, it’s life-altering ;). But I like your idea too!

]]> By: LK https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/03/how-to-make-sure-your-child-doesnt-need-adulting-classes.html#comment-208863 Tue, 07 Mar 2017 04:09:51 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4264#comment-208863 This has been on my mind so much recently. My mom always said that she didn’t care how successful we were or how much money we made, as long as we were a “contributing member of society.” It has stuck with me. We just made a “chore chart” for our 4-year old (very simple stuff), and it really is amazing what he can do at a young age. My husband and I often joke (then cry) about how we remember facts about ancient Egypt (etc.) from school but didn’t learn basic money concepts either at school or at home (budgeting, basic finance).

]]> By: charles https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/03/how-to-make-sure-your-child-doesnt-need-adulting-classes.html#comment-208861 Tue, 07 Mar 2017 01:25:01 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4264#comment-208861 Yea, most of those things they should have learned a long time ago; except for “folding a fitted sheet”!

Never, never, will I ever be able to “properly” fold a fitted sheet. Which is why it comes off the bed, goes into the washer/dryer and right back on the bed all in the same day.

]]> By: J.B. https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/03/how-to-make-sure-your-child-doesnt-need-adulting-classes.html#comment-208844 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 17:41:49 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4264#comment-208844 In reply to Jill.

I had great fun yesterday playing with puzzles at the kids museum. On occasion coloring is fun. I get wanting kids to be self sufficient, but can you chill a tiny bit?

My special needs kid is going to have a hard time adulting. My average kid is not, she never gives up on anything.

]]> By: Jill https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/03/how-to-make-sure-your-child-doesnt-need-adulting-classes.html#comment-208841 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 17:01:21 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4264#comment-208841 I gagged when the concept of “adult coloring books” came out. Just one more way of telling people “don’t grow up”. And now it’s come to this – classes on how to function as an adult.

My 2 and 3 year olds can set the dinner table, scrape their plates and take them to the kitchen. They know how to use a hammer and a screwdriver. The three year old uses our power drill under supervision. The two year old loves emptying the dryer and scraping the lint off the trap for me.

And there are 30 year-olds out there that don’t know how to do this kind of stuff? Scary!

]]> By: Jessica Sinclair https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/03/how-to-make-sure-your-child-doesnt-need-adulting-classes.html#comment-208837 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 16:21:02 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4264#comment-208837 Great article!

I’m not up on EVERYTHING, but I do encourage (cough *insist* cough) that my kids help out around the house. I’ve aged up some of the cooking ages due to excessive clumsiness, which is apparently a genetic trait in my family.

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