I actually home-educated my two boys. We sought skilled people to teach them extra stuff (a lot from my Dad or me). They can cook from scratch, create a financial budget, sew, do car maintenance, do electrical and woodwork. Both are now in college. Both have sought out their own paid employment from the age of 12. They also read paper maps, can pitch a tent & cook off a pocket stove! They also had plenty of time to study all their academics, socialise, & do hobbies.
My dad taught me how to make cement in my teens and how to grow veggies, and my mum taught me painting, wallpapering, cooking and sewing. I consider myself very privileged 😊💕
When we were first married, we lived in rental property, but my husband was always making things. One of his first projects was a big cedar-lined box to hold blankets. It wasn't a fancy cedar chest, but it worked. He did a lot of projects like that. My DIY was sewing and mending. It wasn't so much a hobby as a necessity because of limited funds. We also lived for years in a small town where it seemed like everybody had a side income in addition to their regular job. If you needed anything done, somebody knew somebody who could do it.
Our daughters have decorated their houses themselves, look after their cars, and have numerous DIY skills. We've always encouraged them to learn how to use power drills, etc, and do what they can before paying someone else to do the work.
Rural Aussie 58 yr old here, I think a lot of DIY is also inbuilt. As a kid, if it had a motor in it, I had to pull it apart and fix it or see how it worked. I never needed to look at plans or write down what goes where. It was my gift I suppose as I was never good at reading or maths. But to fix or create something I was onto it. Also the male role model is not their for the young now to include them in projects along side the men don't really get into a lot of DIY. The young are also fixated on their phones and don't peruse a lot of manual endeavours. Added to this we have become a throw away society in the main.
My 39 year old Daughter and son in law learnt from both their parents. They have brought an untouched 1930s house up to date ,never been modernised since the seventies. Apart from sparkys and gas engineers, all done by themselves. Proud of them. Seems there's not a lot of interest in DIY amongst the younsters nowadays.
I put my son in Boy Scouts, think the schools pick and choose who they want to teach DIY skills and then after you leave school are tight in funding. Me on the other hand was taught the lot, HE, Sewing, CDT you name it . But yes my dad was in that business like you I learnt alot from watching him he did everything in our home. I have an issue atm at home with Incompetent roofers I have experienced lack of good Gas Engineers. Proper competent Surveyors. I think they are slow in this,area actually and are probably learning the hard way all around. Good video !
I learnt how to change a plug at school too. But a lot of adults around me are horrified at the prospect of getting it wrong and "burning the house down". I also wired in my own electric cooker, and my peers, adults were horrified about that too, I say I turn it off at the mains first, and they said "what if it turns back on?" - they think the idea of an actual stiff physical switch TURNING ITSELF BACK ON is a valid concern! So I'm not sure it's entirely a generational thing!
In answer to your question, yes, woodwork is still taught in school, here in Ayrshire anyway. My son is 13 and just about to pick his subjects and he's just brought me home a lovely bird box that he made in class. They do have the option to take it as a subject as well. We have Tech and Design and Manufacture, both of which use wood and metal work. My husband is big on DIY and has shown both my girls how to do general stuff, in fact my eldest daughter (19) is our go to for building flat pack furniture! They also know general car maintenance as we have an old car that is being restored and all 3 help out with it.
It sounds like you have some amazing skills. Yes, it is a great shame the skills are disappearing. I wonder what can be done to keep them alive. Some of the colleges in my region run DIY classes for adults but being able to work alongside someone is invaluable.
I don't think I really learnt much at school doing woodwork and metal work. I made a brass shoe horn, a coat hook, a wooden cross pendent, and a fruit bowl. You would think with 'youtube' that the younger ones would be more inclined to watch tutorials to learn how to do things but... with not being able to get onto the property ladder, if they are in a rented house then there is not much they can actually do to it. You used to be able to get a mortgage of 3.5 times your annual income, and that would buy you a small terraced house because you could get a 100% mortgage. But that has all changed sadly and house prices have risen faster than wages. I agree that 'things' are not repairable also, and I think they don't last as long these days. I have a fridge freezer and all the bottom of the door has gone rusty and bubbled - it is only 3 years old! A friend who has the same make of fridge freezer, has the same issue! If the government would 'encourage' manufacturers to make products that last longer then we might not have to feed bovaer to cows to stop them farting (not that cows farting is an issue in the first place)!
Often you find it doesn't make financial sense to fix something because parts are so expensive. I had a great Zanussi tumble dryer and after many years of service, the small fan inside gave up. I priced a replacement fan and it was almost half the price of a new dryer - a new dryer would have a year's guarantee but my old dryer with a brand new fan might develop another fault after a few months costing a fortune in parts again. It only takes a couple of new parts to have an old dryer that has cost the price of a new one to repair. It's no wonder people just throw things out when they break.
So true. Our Beko fridge door dropped off as someone opened it. The bit to go on the hinge was going to cost around half the price of a new fridge at the time.
My dad worked two jobs while I was growing so always had work hired out. When I married my husband changed a water heater for my parents put in an attic fan simple repairs. Repaired our electric dryer and could do some car maintenance
My husband was an electrician all his working life. He served a 5 year apprenticeship and can turn his hand to anything. When we had young children and no money, if his car needed fixing, he fixed it. Don't think you could do that nowadays as it's all too complicated. He recently said, he last had an apprentice working with him in the 1980s, that's why there are no tradespeople coming into the workplace. Doesn't bode well.
There is very little to actually repair these days, we live in a throwaway society these days. Hand skills are dying and the onset of AI will soon put an end to the office jobs. Gotta love this progress thing 😞
I don’t have a car now they are too complicated to fix but I have a non electric bicycle so I can do basics.i wish I could have learned carpentry and how to put on a carpet and picture frane. My parents taught me nothing about Diy or even deep cleaning or laundry
I prefer to DIY and learn how it should be done so I know it's done right! It is very useful and means you can get stuff done on your timescales and not wait for someone else's timescale or no-show. Even as a child both parents taught us useful stuff. It's interesting and makes you use your brain! Kids should learn from a small age. Gardening, how to fix the chain on your bike, how to paint your bedroom wall, even wiring a plug when supervised to learn.
My dad was absolutely woeful at DIY but I could change a plug and lightbulb from being around 12 years old. I am.now having to learn various diy skills as I do up my house because I cant afford to pay trades unless it's gas / electric etc..
stick to old tech, still repairable. Always loved DIY never paid anyone to repair anything, done it myself , If it's possible to fix then anyone can fix it even more so nowadays with the internet
I actually home-educated my two boys. We sought skilled people to teach them extra stuff (a lot from my Dad or me).
They can cook from scratch, create a financial budget, sew, do car maintenance, do electrical and woodwork.
Both are now in college. Both have sought out their own paid employment from the age of 12.
They also read paper maps, can pitch a tent & cook off a pocket stove!
They also had plenty of time to study all their academics, socialise, & do hobbies.
Here in the US some communities are now starting groups where you can go and learn how to repair things.
My dad taught me how to make cement in my teens and how to grow veggies, and my mum taught me painting, wallpapering, cooking and sewing. I consider myself very privileged 😊💕
When we were first married, we lived in rental property, but my husband was always making things. One of his first projects was a big cedar-lined box to hold blankets. It wasn't a fancy cedar chest, but it worked. He did a lot of projects like that. My DIY was sewing and mending. It wasn't so much a hobby as a necessity because of limited funds. We also lived for years in a small town where it seemed like everybody had a side income in addition to their regular job. If you needed anything done, somebody knew somebody who could do it.
Our daughters have decorated their houses themselves, look after their cars, and have numerous DIY skills. We've always encouraged them to learn how to use power drills, etc, and do what they can before paying someone else to do the work.
My middle daughter can turn her hand to anything too. It's something she just loves doing ... I do too. :)
You are great parents.
Rural Aussie 58 yr old here, I think a lot of DIY is also inbuilt. As a kid, if it had a motor in it, I had to pull it apart and fix it or see how it worked. I never needed to look at plans or write down what goes where. It was my gift I suppose as I was never good at reading or maths. But to fix or create something I was onto it. Also the male role model is not their for the young now to include them in projects along side the men don't really get into a lot of DIY. The young are also fixated on their phones and don't peruse a lot of manual endeavours. Added to this we have become a throw away society in the main.
My 39 year old Daughter and son in law learnt from both their parents. They have brought an untouched 1930s house up to date ,never been modernised since the seventies. Apart from sparkys and gas engineers, all done by themselves. Proud of them. Seems there's not a lot of interest in DIY amongst the younsters nowadays.
I put my son in Boy Scouts, think the schools pick and choose who they want to teach DIY skills and then after you leave school are tight in funding. Me on the other hand was taught the lot, HE, Sewing, CDT you name it . But yes my dad was in that business like you I learnt alot from watching him he did everything in our home. I have an issue atm at home with Incompetent roofers I have experienced lack of good Gas Engineers. Proper competent Surveyors. I think they are slow in this,area actually and are probably learning the hard way all around. Good video !
I learnt how to change a plug at school too. But a lot of adults around me are horrified at the prospect of getting it wrong and "burning the house down".
I also wired in my own electric cooker, and my peers, adults were horrified about that too, I say I turn it off at the mains first, and they said "what if it turns back on?" - they think the idea of an actual stiff physical switch TURNING ITSELF BACK ON is a valid concern!
So I'm not sure it's entirely a generational thing!
In answer to your question, yes, woodwork is still taught in school, here in Ayrshire anyway. My son is 13 and just about to pick his subjects and he's just brought me home a lovely bird box that he made in class. They do have the option to take it as a subject as well. We have Tech and Design and Manufacture, both of which use wood and metal work. My husband is big on DIY and has shown both my girls how to do general stuff, in fact my eldest daughter (19) is our go to for building flat pack furniture! They also know general car maintenance as we have an old car that is being restored and all 3 help out with it.
It sounds like you have some amazing skills. Yes, it is a great shame the skills are disappearing. I wonder what can be done to keep them alive. Some of the colleges in my region run DIY classes for adults but being able to work alongside someone is invaluable.
Dad taught me to change a plug when I was 5! We moved house and had loads of things with round pins to change to square pins.
I don't think I really learnt much at school doing woodwork and metal work. I made a brass shoe horn, a coat hook, a wooden cross pendent, and a fruit bowl. You would think with 'youtube' that the younger ones would be more inclined to watch tutorials to learn how to do things but... with not being able to get onto the property ladder, if they are in a rented house then there is not much they can actually do to it. You used to be able to get a mortgage of 3.5 times your annual income, and that would buy you a small terraced house because you could get a 100% mortgage. But that has all changed sadly and house prices have risen faster than wages. I agree that 'things' are not repairable also, and I think they don't last as long these days. I have a fridge freezer and all the bottom of the door has gone rusty and bubbled - it is only 3 years old! A friend who has the same make of fridge freezer, has the same issue! If the government would 'encourage' manufacturers to make products that last longer then we might not have to feed bovaer to cows to stop them farting (not that cows farting is an issue in the first place)!
But you did learn how to use the tools and that is the hardest bit, the rest is just practice 🙂
Often you find it doesn't make financial sense to fix something because parts are so expensive. I had a great Zanussi tumble dryer and after many years of service, the small fan inside gave up. I priced a replacement fan and it was almost half the price of a new dryer - a new dryer would have a year's guarantee but my old dryer with a brand new fan might develop another fault after a few months costing a fortune in parts again. It only takes a couple of new parts to have an old dryer that has cost the price of a new one to repair. It's no wonder people just throw things out when they break.
So true. Our Beko fridge door dropped off as someone opened it. The bit to go on the hinge was going to cost around half the price of a new fridge at the time.
My dad worked two jobs while I was growing so always had work hired out. When I married my husband changed a water heater for my parents put in an attic fan simple repairs. Repaired our electric dryer and could do some car maintenance
My husband was an electrician all his working life. He served a 5 year apprenticeship and can turn his hand to anything. When we had young children and no money, if his car needed fixing, he fixed it. Don't think you could do that nowadays as it's all too complicated. He recently said, he last had an apprentice working with him in the 1980s, that's why there are no tradespeople coming into the workplace. Doesn't bode well.
It's all digital nowadays and you need specialist equipment to fix car engines.
@@tracyburton3458 You can't fix them these days, you just swap out different parts 😞
There is very little to actually repair these days, we live in a throwaway society these days.
Hand skills are dying and the onset of AI will soon put an end to the office jobs.
Gotta love this progress thing 😞
Bang on the nail again!
I don’t have a car now they are too complicated to fix but I have a non electric bicycle so I can do basics.i wish I could have learned carpentry and how to put on a carpet and picture frane. My parents taught me nothing about Diy or even deep cleaning or laundry
I prefer to DIY and learn how it should be done so I know it's done right! It is very useful and means you can get stuff done on your timescales and not wait for someone else's timescale or no-show. Even as a child both parents taught us useful stuff. It's interesting and makes you use your brain! Kids should learn from a small age. Gardening, how to fix the chain on your bike, how to paint your bedroom wall, even wiring a plug when supervised to learn.
My dad was absolutely woeful at DIY but I could change a plug and lightbulb from being around 12 years old. I am.now having to learn various diy skills as I do up my house because I cant afford to pay trades unless it's gas / electric etc..
stick to old tech, still repairable. Always loved DIY never paid anyone to repair anything, done it myself , If it's possible to fix then anyone can fix it even more so nowadays with the internet
Australia first to watch🎉
Karen, just curious..how did the bread taste?
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