cheerleaders??

a big part of the lousy work ethic came from the industrialization of the western world
when people quit working side by side on the farms and moved to the city to work in factories it separated the families and it weakens the parental bond

no longer working side by side with their wives and oldest children if became a lot harder for fathers to instill proper work ethic in their sons and daughters

and with dad (and mom) working out of the house, they might work real hard, but junior will never see it...or catch it
all he sees is how tired he is when he gets home