Internet and old traditions

Ten years ago or so, a young man would probably have learnt how to iron his shirt by his mom or his grandmother.
Today a young man figuring out how to iron his shirt for the next day of work can easily learn how to do it using YouTube.
The same can be said for cooking, repairing piping or fixing an electric outlet.

Lots of people say internet and globalization are destroying, or making us loosing, our customs traditions. The question which came out from my mind this morning, while learning how to iron my shirt on YouTube is: "are really internet and globalization which are destroying our traditions? Or maybe it is all about people's motivation?"

For sure YouTube is not replacing our mom teaching us, or the time spent with your dad fixing a shelve, but if we have the motivation to learn new things internet and the globalization can really help. They can help in transferring traditions through different generations, even traditions that come from other cultures.

My opinion is that is all about us, about our motivations. If we want to learn how to do something the today world makes it easier than before... (i.e. your mom could have not be available to teach you how to iron when you needed it...).

Have a nice "ironing" weekend!