1 '''Family and consumer science''', or '''home economics''', involves the study of [[nutrition]], [[cooking]], [[parenting]], [[interior decoration]], [[textiles]], and other useful aspects of [[home management]].
3 Keeping the home in good working order remains a demanding, time-consuming task. Today, societies are arguably underrating the skill involved in keeping the home.
5 Most of the best, most highly skilled [[housewife|homemakers]] never studied "family and consumer science" or even knew it by that name. Some have developed their skills at a [[finishing school]].