Gen Z is increasingly participating in "Adulting 101" classes to learn essential life skills often missed in traditional education. Students, like Aldhen Garcia from Toronto, express their struggles with practical tasks such as cooking and budgeting, highlighting a generational gap in independence. Canadian colleges, including the University of Waterloo, have begun offering resources to teach fundamental skills, acknowledging the need for financial literacy. Experts like Jean Twenge emphasize the importance of these skills as young adults enter a complex world, pointing out that many lack foundational knowledge necessary for adulthood.
"I don't know how to change a tire. I don't have a car at all. I don't know how to sew. I don't know how to do a lot of things, other than cooking," admitted Aldhen Garcia, a freshman at Canada's Toronto Metropolitan University, on CBC's "The Current."
"There's a lot of things that are missed in education about when you actually become an adult," echoed Bella Hudson, a third-year TMU student.
"I think it's so important that children are taught financial literacy. A lot of stuff involves money," he added.
"Kids are growing up less independent. They're less likely to learn how to do adult things as high school students. Then they get to university and they still don't know," Twenge said on "The Current."
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