Question by Miz D: Are the old ways worth passing on to the younger generation?
Why I am asking this question:
– There were times when the computer system network was down at work. It brought everything to a complete halt. Would it be possible to conduct business the “old” way?
– Simple food preparation is a mystery to many young ones. Could people adapt to a world without restaurants and fast food places?
– Off the rack clothing is the norm. Does anyone remember how to sew their own garments?
I’m sure there are many more examples. Please share your thoughts on the subject.
Best answer:
Answer by onomatopoeia
They are definitely worth passing on. If the younger people are willing to learn. I want to learn how to cook a traditional Chinese meal, but I zone out when my mom tries to teach me.
What do you think? Answer below!
Several years ago the electricity went off and I was just about to do my weekly baking, did have a gas stove, Thought ‘Oh heck cannot bake now no mixer’, then remembered what I used to do!!!!! The baking turned out very well.
The cash machine went down in my local store, the assistant did not have a clue how to add up. I couldn’t believe it.
I think there would be all sorts of problems if the clock was turned back not so many years.
Cooking would be a good thing passed on. My son is a good cook and my daughter knows where McDonalds is located. My wife and I save some money, but our children don’t know what that means. They save by spending to save.
My Mom & dad were tailors cutter and seamstress so learnt lots even though male , still do my own repairs saves a fortune ,
Wasn’t alone in the Royal Navy ,we all did our own sewing unless we had a chinese tailor on board.But now its cheaper at the moment to buy new , (4 shirts cotton £10.00 in super market) chinese of course.
The part of life that i see as very difficult to return to is vehicles , they are not built for home service.
Only garages with all the gadgets can repair them now and after 10 yr life its hardly worth the cost of the garage repair (too many electronic parts ) and Aluminium engine blocks .
office equipment .throw it away after 3 yrs get a pencil out..
But you will be surprised after a lot of bad months they would learn or starve and look very badly clothed.
Need is the mother of necessity
walking to school I never got drove anywhere by my parents
reading instead of game boy or computers
playing outside games instead of sitting again in front of the pc & getting fat
The young “don’t wanna hear it”.
I love to cook, so did her [deceased] father, & she & her fiance cook, too. I’ve tried to teach her to be thrifty, but she has champagne tastes on a beer budget. I did instill that work ethic.
Unfortunately, it’s cheaper to buy new clothes than to repair them. My mother was a seamstress. She made clothes and repaired them. My friend’s father had a TV repair shop. Remember them? Now you throw it out & buy a new one.
I’m growing lettuce, tomatoes, peppers & herbs.
I’ve taught her to recycle. She went to camp which taught her a lot of green-friendly ways to live.
We thought nothing of passing clothes on down to the next kid/cousin in line; but kids today have an aversion to hand-me-downs.I ran errands for my elderly neighbors but you don’t see much of that anymore.One thing that I think is great these days that wasn’t so common yesteryear – is that more fathers take an active interest with their kids.More than ever I see dads out with the kids and infants.
Somehow down the line some parents think it’s ok for junior to disrupt a restaurant or theatre- with no thought to those around them. We took it in stride and walked our kids out of ear-shot in the old days until the little crisis was over. I think more effort needs to be put forth in some of the old ways for sure.
i concur with answer 1. actually with all of them.
I believe that the value systems of yesteryear, both societal, educational and parental [in the home] hold MUCH relevance to today’s world. Yes, there were some things that were entirely too biased, prejudiced and unrelenting, but many were values that are TIMELESS in their application to growing into good people and being able to honor each other and the world we live in.
Somewhere along the way the baby got thrown out with the bath water, so to speak.
I would love to see respect, honor, civility, self respect, limited cussing, marriage before children, and commiting to marriage rather than taking the easy way out; education at the forefront; holding in high esteem a good day’s work regardless of so-called position; taking care of oneself after the age of at least 21 and a myriad of other things that seemed to have been ‘lost’ – RETURNED to modern day life.
Techonology and other industrial revolutionary events have greatly enhanced our lives, yet I believe our youth STILL should learn how to do it the OLD way. One never knows where this earth may find itself one day and SOME body needs to know how to survive without all the modern day acoutrements.
Yes, it would be worth it- but most don’t want to learn it.
I for one, have made many of my own clothes, and made clothes for others too- Must admit, I love to sew and create.
Yes it is very important for our children and grad children to know about the way of life in past generations. I love taking my grand children to the Living History Farm at Lyndon B. Johnson National Park at Stonewall, Texas. They are very interested in seeing how people survived by growing their on food, preserved the food by smoking or canning it and how to prepare meal on wood stoves. In today’s society children do not have a clue how we as a nation have evolved unless we take the time to teach them.
I am thankful I had parents that took us berry picking, mushrooms, asparagus, walnuts and pretty much anything free and we were taught how to harvest it. Canning was still popular when I was young. I am glad I do all that now. pressure can, make jam, pickles, salsa, wine, beer. Hunt and fish, butcher my own meat, make all cuts and sausage and salami.
Even re-load and hunt with black powder rifles. Start our campfires with flint and steel and have a fair idea of what I can forage if need be. I try to pass this on to the kids but this might be the last of it generationally. That or maybe I have too much time on my hands.
Cooking, sewing and letter writing would be good to pass along. However, the youth have to be ‘spoon fed’ by seeing it in the movies, on You tube or on TV. I really enjoyed the Depression Cooking You tube series?
Grandchildren probably wouldn’t listen to their grandparents or their parents. My children love to read, so maybe they will pick up some of the ideas from their ‘romance’ novels.