FARGO, N.D. (KVLY) -- You've may have heard someone say "adulting."
The term is now a verb in the dictionary, and it means to behave like an adult. But it may surprise you how many ‘grown-ups’ don't know how to do basic adult things.
Scrolling through Twitter it’s not uncommon to see #Adulting, things like “I don't want to adult today,” or “adulting is hard.” It's a common way of complaining about grown-up things like laundry, having a job, making a dentist appointment or buying a car.
While a lot of people mean it to be funny, there's also a serious tone. Recent surveys find that some millennials don't know how to change a light bulb, others don't know how credit cards work and some can't even boil an egg.
Rachel Blumhardt, a therapist with The Village Family Service Center in Fargo, North Dakota says the generations growing up with a lot of technology aren't learning certain life skills.
"You’re lost because you haven't had to know how to do those things,” she said.
She says it is important for parents to allow their children to do things on their own.
"Oftentimes, we just assume they will know how to do those things, or as parents sometimes we forget that an important role we have is helping our children to become independent," Blumhardt explained.
She says that's true for other generations, too. Millennials are not the only ones having a hard time adulting.
"It has always been there, now we just have a word for it," she said.
The good news for those about to go to college is that many campuses across the nation, including the University of North Dakota, are offering adulting classes. They are focusing on teaching things like cooking, taxes, leaving voicemails and wearing pants. You can even earn two credits for it.
The term is now a verb in the dictionary, and it means to behave like an adult. But it may surprise you how many ‘grown-ups’ don't know how to do basic adult things.
Scrolling through Twitter it’s not uncommon to see #Adulting, things like “I don't want to adult today,” or “adulting is hard.” It's a common way of complaining about grown-up things like laundry, having a job, making a dentist appointment or buying a car.
While a lot of people mean it to be funny, there's also a serious tone. Recent surveys find that some millennials don't know how to change a light bulb, others don't know how credit cards work and some can't even boil an egg.
Rachel Blumhardt, a therapist with The Village Family Service Center in Fargo, North Dakota says the generations growing up with a lot of technology aren't learning certain life skills.
"You’re lost because you haven't had to know how to do those things,” she said.
She says it is important for parents to allow their children to do things on their own.
"Oftentimes, we just assume they will know how to do those things, or as parents sometimes we forget that an important role we have is helping our children to become independent," Blumhardt explained.
She says that's true for other generations, too. Millennials are not the only ones having a hard time adulting.
"It has always been there, now we just have a word for it," she said.
The good news for those about to go to college is that many campuses across the nation, including the University of North Dakota, are offering adulting classes. They are focusing on teaching things like cooking, taxes, leaving voicemails and wearing pants. You can even earn two credits for it.