2016 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 2 - Day 3

Music fans attend the performance of DJ TOKiMONSTA during the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 2 in Indio, Calif. We can only assume one of the "Adulting 101" courses will cover why it's a bad idea to attend an outlandish music festival instead of paying two months' worth of rent.

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It's 2017 and we all know the kids need as much help as they can get. (At least that's what folks over 35 keep prattling on about the generation behind them.)

It's also the premise behind a course offered by a library in North Bend. "Adulting 101" is catered to Millennials who "literally can't even" with things such as checking the oil in their car -- if they even have one -- roommate etiquette and budgeting.

"Learn some of the skills you will need when you leave your parents' home," the library's course description reads. "Can I make a grilled cheese sandwich with an iron? Can I get a job? Where do I begin? How do I manage my money? How do I shop for food?"

We all know the answers to such questions -- in order -- are:

"No."

"Yes."

"Fill out an application first."

"Maybe try Mint."

"Dear God, the only Safeway in town shares a parking lot with GameStop. Grab a shopping cart the next time you buy a new Xbox game."

The skills taught at North Bend Public Library may make older generations scoff. Fortunately for them, many had either high school courses to teach them such things, parents willing to help balance that first checkbook or years of minor -- or major -- failures with finance, relationships and car maintenance to turn into teachable moments that would help them become well-adjusted members of society.

The folks at the library saw a community need for such courses, as first reported by KGW, and sought to fill it. In fact, the move had precedent.

An actual "Adulting School" was established last year in the Other Portland, which purportedly teaches the sorts of life skills young adults just aren't getting as they head out into the world.

But don't think the North Bend library is letting Millennials hog every seat on that life skills train. A program designed to help anyone -- yes, anyone -- with basic computer, smartphone and tablet use and maintenance is also part of its offerings.

(Because asking folks to instinctively know what they haven't been taught is a tad unreasonable.)

TL;DR: A library in North Bend, Oregon, is offering crash courses catered to people between 16 and 22 who haven't had much practical experience in budgeting, basic automobile maintenance or cohabitation with people they're not related to. Don't know what "TL;DR" means? Ask a Millennial.

--Eder Campuzano | 503.221.4344

@edercampuzano

ecampuzano@oregonian.com