Surprisingly, while millennials have been busy learning the intricacies of transcendental meditation, veganism and lesbian dance theory, basic skills like time management, cooking, and even how to sew a button have wound up slipping through the cracks. This could be why KTNV Las Vegas is reporting that millennials are now literally paying to take "adulting" classes to learn these types of skills. These classes can be offered in person and online. According to CBS, experts believe a big reason that millennials never picked up these basic skill sets is because so many of them still live at home.
Millennials lacking life skills - like cooking, budgeting, or time management - are now signing up for classes designed to teach them those basics. These are crash courses in Adulting. pic.twitter.com/EzzR54758k
— KDKA (@KDKA) December 13, 2018
The Adulting School has been formally founded by Rachel Flehinger and Rachel Weinstein. It offers, in addition to classes, private social media groups and live events at local bars and restaurants. Topics have also included how to fold a fitted sheet and how to network with people. One of the founders, Weinstein, said she was inspired to start the school when, as a psychotherapist, she noticed many of her clients were "struggling with the transition to adulthood – including paying bills on time or choosing a career".
"It's going to be entertaining," Flehinger told KNTV.
"Let’s get our shit together, together," the Adulting School website reads.
The website shows 6 different tracks of "coursework": money, wellness, DIY, work, lifestyle and relationships.
Back in March of last year, we may have identified how this problem started when we reported that millennials didn't even consider themselves to be adults until 30 years old. And millennials are almost now all grown up.
According to research by CBS’ TV ratings guru David Poltrack and Nielsen Catalina Solutions, the youngest millennials should have graduated college last year — but that didn't mean they all considered themselves adults.
The median age of millennials is 30, Poltrack says — meaning that half are older and half are younger. And 30 happens to be the age at which millennials tend to self-identify as adults, Poltrack said. For these purposes, an “adult” is defined as “someone who has moved out of their parents’ home, has a job, and pays their own bills.”
We also reported last year that 70% of millennials had less than $1,000 saved to buy houses.
Given these stats, the last thing millennials need is more motivation to go back to school (again) and likely rack up more debt in the process.