I didn’t see a single teen looking to help out or make a little money this year.
Why should they? Manual labor builds the sort of character that leads to gainful employment, which we all know leads to "job lock" and other bad things.
When I first moved into my house in 1989, there was a youngster who came to the door the first 2 years offering to shovel. He was so small, the shovel was bigger than he was. He didn’t do a good job, but it was entertaining watching him push this huge shovel around. I gave him $5 and you would have thought I had given him a fortune. He was so happy.
Haven’t seen him around since those first couple of years, so I suppose he moved away. Since then, there haven’t been any children offering to shovel snow. It’s just too much work for this younger generation.