Adults .... paying to learn how to be an adult......unbelievable! “There is a generation of kids that just don’t know this,” the Gen Xer said. “My grandfather knew how to do everything. For him to go to a class to learn how to be an adult would be ridiculous.” “A lot of people are missing lifestyle skills. There is no shame in that,” said Weinstein, who as a therapist knows firsthand that stress can manifest when people are less financially stable. “I always wonder, why don’t they teach this in school?”