This was my baccalaureate degree, which I came into from an associate degree in (Child) Day Care Management. My dear wife Lisa has an associates degree in Interior Design, which usually has been associated with Home Economics.

I am not a “family and consumer scientist”, as most schools of home economy renamed themselves and began to churn out - I am much more allied with human ecology, which other schools like Cornell chose to morph into.

“Domestic science and home economics grew from the business of managing the farm and was designed to attend to the issues families in rural communities faced,” Scaramella said. “It really had to do with issues surrounding the home financial economy and improving the quality of family life.” Our Roots Run Deep: From Home Economics to Human Ecology

Here is some podcast episodes that I enjoyed about the book The Secret History of Home Economics :

• Part 1 https://youtu.be/s36KDxVZj74?si=PIM0NnYlm5IP62NG;
• Part 2 https://youtu.be/ALBkRZMCN0U?si=k5iY4aMuswNOmZEq.

I am an outlier in the field as I am not an educator (what most practitioners do) nor a professional researcher. I am also not the FCCLA sponsor that most home ec teachers become. I trade my experience and resulting knowledge for money (very lucrative) and to support a home which Lisa manages very well. I consider home economics the art of basic living in liberty.

-- JasonNemrow - 08 Apr 2024