Our 25 year old took his Master’s right after his Bachelors.
Got married a couple years ago, owns a home now, owns 2 cars, not late model, but nice (no car debt). Been with his present company for 2 years (he graduated younger than most with his Masters) and the promotions and bonuses are starting to come. He’s doing good and very pleased.
But I know a lot of his friends, and they’re doing well also. Young marrieds, making good salaries, getting promotions, saving up enough to buy a house, and a few have already bought. (btw, the housing market is perfect, low prices, really low interest on a fixed 30 year 3.5 when our kid bought.)
So none of his friends, that I know, are really struggling. They have degrees, some Masters, jobs in their field. Little debt. I don’t know what the difference is between him, his friends and the kids I read about who are having a hard time. (All the kids that are his friends, and most of their spouses were homeschooled...could it be as simple as that...I don’t think so, but I have no explanation.)
We have two grandchildren staying with us this weekend from the aforementioned step son and daughter in law. All they want to do is video games or go to a movie...they’ve been slapping our dogs around, won’t go to bed, won’t eat what we prepare for them because it is not fast food...and on and on..
We try to discipline them a little. they won’t even listen.
I mentioned that they needed to go back to their 24 year old aunt’s house and I thought my wife would never talk to me again....
So none of his friends, that I know, are really struggling. They have degrees, some Masters, jobs in their field. Little debt. I don’t know what the difference is between him, his friends and the kids I read about who are having a hard time. (All the kids that are his friends, and most of their spouses were homeschooled...could it be as simple as that...I don’t think so, but I have no explanation.)
Yes home schooling does seem to be the key. The more individuals are kept in a culture that emphasizes traditional values, discipline, hard work and deferred gratification the more mature, functional and competent to deal with the challenges of real life. We live in a toxic culture that is in every way adversarial towards the values that have sustained us for nearly four centuries. The current lords of creation want a population that is a combination of third world peasants and corrupt, weak, ignorant and self indulgent fools so that they can be manipulated with ease and turned into eager little consumerist robots.
Here’s how I see it.. Unless you have a fairly high-end education with at least a B.S., you are in for difficult times (There are ALWAYS exceptions, of course).. The major difference between today’s job market and that of 50 years ago is that 50 years ago you could buy a home on a single income and have a ‘stay at home mom’ family with less than a high-end job, such as gas station mechanic. You just can’t buy as much anymore with a mid-range job requiring less than a high-end education. Sadly, the ‘protected class’ nightmare in the workplace has all but nullified the importance of working hard, unlike 50 years ago where hard work was the key to raising your income, regardless of your education.