Because people feel entitled. Its a whole game of alternative truth marketing and that destroys civilizations. I have the same problem, people are still teaching me, no matter how much I push them back. I have been a victim of sales people, marketers in the worst way. They want people to act rich and became slave of there product, so they can be rich and you work for them. I agree with you people need to do there own chores. Even if I grow my own food, I will still go out to eat, and splurge. We where raised on power of hard work, not spending day and night praying and then scaming others. I do it myself and tell others to learn then waste time harassing me.

It was the late 60s when i started making clothes for me and my friends. And shortly after stopped chewing animals and learned to cook lots of good stuff.

I stopped fixing cars after rebuilding a carburetor was a waste of time.

I am preparing to install all new plumbing in this nearly 100 yr old house.

They call their parents and grandparents. Repeatedly. And they never get a clue strong enough to get them to even think about buying a vowel.

You are amazing. I am 45 and can't find the buckle on fan belt.

For the things for which I have the skills, the time, and the tools. I agree with your assessments.

HOWEVER!!! Sometimes I have the skills and the tools, but my time is worth more spent doing something else. For that, I will hire someone to do the job (digging up and repairing a sewer line).

Sometimes I have the skills and the time, but not the tools. Then I have to consider whether it is worth buying a set of tools I will rarely use to do the job (dry wall repair, chimney sweeping).

Sometimes I have the time and the tools, but I have no idea what I am doing. Then I have to consider whether paying for it is worth the risk of having to do it over. (installing a heat pump).

AND THEN there are times the repair would cost more than replacement (resoling shoes, tv repair, refrigerator repair, etc).

Other than those circumstances, I agree people often hire help before they consider doing it themselves.

I have no skills. I can't cook or clean. I have many times said. I need a mother I don't have to respect or a wife I don't have to sleep with.

I agree. It used to be that basic home ec and sewing skills were taught in some schools.

And my dad wouldn't let me drive till I learned car basics: oil change, fill up radiator and windshield reservoirs, adjust brakes, change a tire, check battery. I even learned to synch my 2, single SU carbs!

Granted, cars were much simpler back in the olden days. but the basics should be mandatory. Too much is throwaway these days. And why wouldn't someone want to save money? I just don't get it sometimes.

I drove classic cars, and it helped me to not get ripped off by unscrupulous mechanics, as well as save a ton of money!

My sister (who is 60) has no idea how to thread a needle much less sew. Any time she needs something mended she either buys new or has me do it. I have offered to teach her, however she claims she is unable to see the hole in the needle to thread it. When I told her that they make self threading needles she blew me off.

Flash back to the early 70's....... Before I was even allowed to drive a car my father made sure I could change a tire, check the oil and transmission fluid and fill the radiator. I tried to change the oil, but I'm claustrophobic and could not stay under the car long enough to do it.

All of my children know how to take care of a car, sew, cook, and do basic maintenance around the house. Personally, I feel that's just proper parenting.

I know how to do most of that stuff (I can change spark plugs, serpentine belts, tires, blower resistors, charge my ac, sew, etc) but I don't have working arms anymore so I pay others.

I wished i learned a lot of things, prior to graduating from High School in 1993. We did have a wood shop class that I was in, but I wasn't interested in it for some reason. After I graduated high school, I learned basic automotive repair, learned how to get around a computer (including adding internal boards and memory), lawn mower repair, and a few other skills. I have knowledge on electrical and plumbing, prior to graduating. I now have several sewing machines and I wish too learn basic clothes repair. So I am doing good. If I ever had kids, they would learn what I know before graduating and some more.

One of several things that bugs me is kids today don't know how to change a tire on a car. Instead, they call a tow service to do that work.

The lack of shop classes in junior high school(wood working,metal shop,home economics) and later in high school (auto shop,and electrical shop),has lead to a shortage of people who can do things with their hands,not everyone will become an IT wizard.If a father never learned how to do something, then neither will his son. Although today's newer cars are making more difficult for maintenance,the scene of dad working on one of the family's cars with the kids watching are becoming fewer and fewer.

I can do a lot of things that I choose to pay for. An oil change, for example, is cheap enough that I cannot justify buying oil and a filter, spending my time, and then disposing of the waste oil. I will sew buttons back on, but most mending beyond that looks unprofessional (my sewing is functional, not pretty). I can change a tire, but I pay somewhere around $4 extra per year to have roadside assistance on my insurance.
It's a matter of whether convenience is worth something, your time is worth something, and whether you enjoy doing the thing.

I built my house and do car repairs up to engine replacement, also I'm an avid woodsman and ex BSA leader so I have food,supplies and skills to last a few weeks if a major crisis hits. In nursing school currently. I just feel safer but realistically I've accumulated a lot of crap I don't need and waste time repairing things it would be cheaper to replace or I would be better off without.

It comes down to how you were raised I was taught all those skills and more how to cook sew and other skills that women should know by my mom and grandmother and how to work or cars build a house and and home repair amongst other skills by my dad my summer vacation ended at age 10 every summer after that I became cheap labor If your parents only had a certain skill set you as their child learned those same skills my ex wife was raised by a kept women and never learned those skills my mother in law was mad because I taught our kids certain things what it boils down to is other people's kids I agree those and other skills are useful to have for example my brother in law had his house built paid 300 think for it I built almost the exact same house for 60 think good for you and your parents and other family members for teaching you some life skills

I think it's insane not to know how to perform simple repairs and general maintenance.
I also think it just damned lazy to refuse to learn to do those things when given
the opportunity.

I also think that no one should ever be issued a driver's license without knowing how to check all the fluid levels, change a tire, pump your own gas, and understand HOW a motor vehicle operates.

It doesn't matter how much money someone makes. It's about basic knowledge.

Although, those lacking the basic knowledge required to survive, would not survive anything catastrophic. I guess it just amounts to another way to thin the
herd.

I've been able to do some things for myself in the past but no longer. I just don't have the strength needed in most cases and don't feel steady on a ladder. So it either doesn't get done or I call the landlord.

I have talked to several that are younger than me or just a tad older and have no clue about computers. I can rip a car to the engine block and rebuilt it hands-on experience only not my favorite thing. I disassembled my first IBM compatible computer rebuilt it with no computer repair skills have built 14 computers from the CPU on up since. I can fix the plumbing electric and carpenter what I need. Taught my self how to gourmet cook. Learned how to sew knit and craft at a very young age. I might be unusually inquisitive though. People without basic skills are always a mystery to me.

its parents that don't teach them i tried to teach mine the youngest never would learn she said her husband would provide lol and she makes him

In the winter, I get quite a number of people asking where I got my hat. They find it hard to believe that a guy can use yarn, and make something awesome.

Every time I see the ad for the insurance company...where the stupid teenager can't change a tire....I'd like to slap the shit out of him.

I think it's great you can do those things! I am just too lazy to be honest. I never liked sewing but can put a button back on. Keep doing what you are doing and kudos to you for saving all that cost for doing it yourself!

You are my kind of human. When I was younger and had no money I prided myself on learning every tangible skill I could. It saved me money and also built a base knowledge that factored into future success. I am older now and have more money but still fix a lot of things. (Most recently I hand sewed a pair of $20 sweat pants and did a small patch of brick pointing on my house and saved $500). I hate being helpless and dependent on others, especially strangers who want to charge you the highest amount they think they can get away with.

The zipper broke on a dress I love, and it would cost at least $30 to fix. The dress wasn’t expensive so I considered tossing it. Then I remembered that when I was a teen, I sewed all the time — took classes, even! So I brought a zipper to fix it myself. It is a very handy skill. Now if only I could get a handle on installing molly bolts....

I think basically alot of these skills are necessary yes, i know how to change oil yes, but not on my current car, where i live i have nowhere to put used oil and don't wanna deal with putting it in some platic bottle then take it to a shop, its better off with a newer car if you don't know how to do it, let the people at a shop take care of it. Ive never known how to sew or machine sew either, basically was not on the top of my list of necessary things to know

Rather do it myself but have neverbeen able to sow no matter how much i try . Its all to do with the throw away cultur so the rich can keep bleeding you of your cash