I think you're right on the mark! DH told me about a girl he grew up with, who had never done any housework or cooking in her life - her Mum had always done it. When she got married, it took her husband all of a month to send her back home and tell her to learn how to be useful around the house Sounds horribly chauvinist, but he was pulling in a good wage, they lived very comfortably, she didn't have to work at all, yet she didn't have the knowledge of even the most basic housework. She came back after 2 weeks and they were both much happier

How else are kids going to learn to one day live on their own, and look after their own families, if they've never had to do it?