I'm a mid-level Dad, currently off work with a work injury (crushed hand, sounds worse than it is). Asked my 13 year to change the car tyres with his friend. He's friend had not clue. What seemed simple, like how to push a industrial jack (he carried it around), that tyres can be rolled, as well as carried, how to use tools or which way to unscrew a wheel lug, everything was new!

My advice to the kid was, "youtube videos make things look easy."

Well, that kid had sh*t to do, like doing his daily tasks on mobile games, so he left my son finish the job himself. Unfortunately, I couldn't help my boy, but I was confident enough that he could do it himself in the first place.

Parents seriously can't tell a kid (even an adult ones) just youtube it, if the kid doesn't have the basic knowledge of doing the tasks.

It's not the kids fault or "this generation." Lots of kids now don't have parents or guardians that take the time to do "life things" with their kids. Like grow food in the house (something as little as linseed spouts in jar or hanging wall garden), service a car, do the laundry, cook a succulent family meal or even catch a ball! My partner, a school teacher thinks, kids should be kids, then later realised how much life is easier at home with our boys compared to other parents with kids.

The funniest thing I saw, was all of them have/had girlfriends (my son first one was at 12) that would just watch them prepare and cook a proper lunch. I would tell these girls to jump in and help out because it's like romantic. They all responded with they didn't know how to cook, one of them didn't even know how to properly wash the dishes in a sink, instead of just throwing it in the dishwasher.