I would say the worst part is those sort of parents don't teach you the value of hard work and overemphasize school. You need to teach yourself discipline. There is a shortage of people willing to work hard.
I live on a farm. We like to get 18-20 year olds to stay for a while in exchange for some amount of work. It's funny to listen to young people whine while not doing nearly enough to pay for food and electricity. But after a few months they normally work out. They start to see how good it feels to finish something or how nice it is to walk around and see how you are improving the place.
It's hard to grow up, especially when you've missed important lessons. Staying with frustrating people who will pay your way is better then being homeless. Improving your self so you can be self supporting should be the goal.
It must be the food and water, because there are so many people in that age group who, in the peak of their life, cannot do 8 hours a day with just one or two days off. I don't get it. At 73 I still work, I would go crazy with nothing to do.
It is something. With the new labor laws lots of farmers want new workers to just do two days a week. two ten hours days of mostly driving a tractor slowly in circles. That would pay enough for them to rent a room and be independent. And I've learned we can't just throw a new kid out there. They won't make it. They have never done anything for that long. It's weird how many young people have never tried to do anything besides go to school and memorize.
I would say the worst part is those sort of parents don't teach you the value of hard work and overemphasize school. You need to teach yourself discipline. There is a shortage of people willing to work hard.
I live on a farm. We like to get 18-20 year olds to stay for a while in exchange for some amount of work. It's funny to listen to young people whine while not doing nearly enough to pay for food and electricity. But after a few months they normally work out. They start to see how good it feels to finish something or how nice it is to walk around and see how you are improving the place.
It's hard to grow up, especially when you've missed important lessons. Staying with frustrating people who will pay your way is better then being homeless. Improving your self so you can be self supporting should be the goal.
It must be the food and water, because there are so many people in that age group who, in the peak of their life, cannot do 8 hours a day with just one or two days off. I don't get it. At 73 I still work, I would go crazy with nothing to do.
It is something. With the new labor laws lots of farmers want new workers to just do two days a week. two ten hours days of mostly driving a tractor slowly in circles. That would pay enough for them to rent a room and be independent. And I've learned we can't just throw a new kid out there. They won't make it. They have never done anything for that long. It's weird how many young people have never tried to do anything besides go to school and memorize.