> Of course, the HN response to that is "my children will earn enough money after college that they can hire cleaners and order UberEats".
Or they won't, and necessity will be their teacher. The point is that it's not obvious whether teaching kids these skills early makes a serious long-term difference in outcomes.
Learning to do things for yourself in general is a huge step towards living within your means, which is a struggle for a majority of Americans. My family has plenty of money to no longer do most things for ourselves - clean, cook, yard work, house maintenance, car maintenance, etc., but I refuse to contract out anything I don't have to because 1) I usually have the free time to do it and am essentially earning money in my free time and 2) that added money goes towards experiences we could not afford if we paid for services we could easily do ourselves.
I much prefer saving the money to use how I want than enjoy extra free time I likely would not use productively.
Of course, the HN response to that is "my children will earn enough money after college that they can hire cleaners and order UberEats".