Workforce now days ? Is it just me ?

When I was 11 years old I asked my dad for some money to buy stuff for my Lionel train set. He replied "if you want some money son, get a job". So I got a paper route and mowed lawns. From that point on, I was always employed, never out of work until I got laid off a few years ago.

My father could have easily afforded to give me money, but that would have established the precedent of giving me money whenever I wanted some. Him telling me to get a job instilled the idea of being responsible and paying my own way through life, not looking for handouts, which I am proud of.

I'm now 65, retired and enjoying it. Through working all these years and saving, everything I own is paid for and I have time and money to play with cars.

I don't have any children, but I look at my friend's children and see both extremes on their work ethic, and how they're raised definitely plays into it.