[greenbrier]

Where were the parents?

I think there is a lot to what many have already said, but this is huge.

It seems like a majority of the younger folks today coming into the workplace are from dysfunctional and (more often/likely) from split households, raised by single parents or a litany of combinations of parent/grandparents/steps-...

In MOST cases, this sort of upbringing presents some truly odd and difficult-to-manage pathologies to the grown childen.

[dfwgator]

Allowing women into the workforce, essentially doubled the supply of Labor. Economics 101, an increase in supply puts downward pressure on wages, to the point that to get by both spouses had to work.

And then consider the additional expenses incurred from having both parents working, and in the end, it just isn’t worth it.