The person who wrote this article (or worked with AI to write this article) gets several things right but completely misses the boat on the underlying cause: expectations. If they feel they work hard but don't get what they expect… — Psychology Today share.google/LfktvrC7jpOEVir…

As a final anecdote, one of my daughters and her fiancé both worked while in high school, from the moment they able, at a donut shop, convenience stores, frying chicken, car detailing and a grocery store. They bought a house at age 19. We, nor his parents, gave them a cent. They'd socked away about $30k. I didn't even see the house until they'd closed on it. It was about 30 further out that us. My daughter had an hour drive each way to work and her husband drive 35 minutes each way. It wasn't big. It had things to fix. But it was their investment. 5 years later they're selling it and getting something better. One has an associates degree, the other a HS diploma. Don't tell me it can't be done. As parents, we didn't do this for them. No connections got them jobs, they did it all on their own. The only thing we as parents did was teach them to think, allowed them to intelligently argue, help with homework, encourage them not to stop at good enough, and demonstrate a work ethic. Not tell them to work, but demonstrate it.