Can you fold an unfitted sheet into a crisp hospital corner? Or poach an egg (without a gadget you saw online and just couldn’t resist)? When did you last darn a sock? And, darn it, does any of it matter?
It used to be that domestic skills were passed down through the generations. What you didn’t pick up and practise at home, you learned in domestic science lessons at school. But now? You can delegate dinner to Deliveroo. ‘Buy with one click’ is so much easier than ‘make do and mend’.
At Good Housekeeping, we love a hack. After all, our founding mission, established over 100 years ago now, was that ‘there should be no drudgery in the house’. We’ve stayed true to that ethos and we’re all for anything that makes life easier. Still, we’re interested.
Which traditional domestic skills are actually dying out? We’re drawn up a list of those that were once a staple part of running a home. How many can you do and – perhaps just as important – how many do you choose to do?
What, if anything, do you think we lose when we delegate these tasks to tech? Which skills would you campaign to conserve and which are you happy to see slide into extinction?
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