Not everyone owns a gun or a sewing machine in their family.
Along with many other things. A school setting is the first place they may have a chance to learn these skills.
Just like not every family owns a home computer.

My mother taught me how to sew. it was fun. My father was a leather smith. He made sandals coats bags etc. Working with leather requires a lot of skill and patience.

I tried it. It’s not easy.

Maybe it’s a rural vs city issue? Most country folks learn about guns. And most city folks don’t.

Chris T in KY,

Sewing is easy. As early as third or fourth grade I cut fabric and sewed my own small storage bag (for toys of course!), complete with drawstring. And I conceived the design and did it all by myself without any assistance from my parents.

In seventh grade Home Economics class I sewed manufactured patterns into a soccer ball pillow (made of fleece fabric) and a stuffed parrot toy. Like I said, it was not difficult at all.

Sewing is a survival skill. Just like gun safety and proper marksmanship. Boys and girls took these classes when I was a kid.

Unfortunately the Left who attacked traditional family roles. Stopped these survival skills from being taught in schools.

Sadly the atheists fell for the argument against traditional roles education. Instead of thinking that it’s important for children to learn survival skills.

Fun fact: I am able to produce a LOT of vegetables in my garden. That is the easy part (sort of). The really hard part is that I have yet to find an efficient way to store/preserve all of that excess produce. Note: I am not very keen on the idea of spending weeks canning vegetables. For one thing, I don’t want to invest that much time canning. Second, I am out of space for storing jars in my basement. (I already store about 40 to 50 quart jars of canned venison and chicken in addition to a lot of other food stuffs.) I keep talking about building a root cellar to store large quantities of potatoes, onions, carrots, and squash. I suppose that I could add shelf space for canned tomatoes and dried bell peppers in such a root cellar since I don’t have any more room in my basement.

get off your high horse and knit me some socks.
my pops sewed all my shirts and mom’s and sister’s dresses. even made me a down vest from a frostline kit. when the treadle gave way to the electric he was in heaven. i was never so bored as when they would drag me to minnesota fabrics. now all the joann fabric stores are closing. he did all the cooking too.
i have no idea how a bobbin works, but i can make some mean busghetti sauce.

i don’t know a single man who has any idea how to use a sewing machine. i’m all for changing that.

Even the atheist hated self-reliance. Because most people like that were also Christian.

And quit badmouthing “saturated fat and cholesterol”. Jeez.

fine young adults.

“ah, no.”

You must have kids like my nearest sister’s kids –

Let’s say, lacking in motivation.

*snicker*…