Parents that were driven to work more hours than probably necessary to fund the social state.
Very hard to be a parent when you’re forced to work 80hours or more a week to have a standard of living.
Parents working long hours should be the first ones teaching their kids basic life skills early on. Elementary aged kids can cleaning the house, do the laundry, wash dishes by hand, cook dinner for tired working parent, mending and sewing, using a lawn mower and simple plumbing like turning off the water and unplugging a stopped up toilet.
I started teaching ours how to pick produce while still riding in the grocery seat. I was sick in bed wishing to die the year our 4th grader cooked the entire Thanksgiving dinner from scratch by herself - the turkey, the cornbread dressing, the sides and two from scratch pie crusts for pies. The only time she asked a question was how much sage to put in the from scratch dressing and she had to have dad lift the turkey out of the oven. This is the kid who made a cooking video in 2nd grade and won first place with a quilt at the county fair.
Some teens are afraid to use a kitchen knife, smh. Ours were using knives in kindergarten helping to slice cucumbers from the garden to make home canned pickles. No fingers were cut or lost.
It also helps to have the older one understand the family budget and how to balance a checkbook.
They shouldn’t be able to get a license until they know simple car care. Change a tire, check the fluids, and they should have learned how to gas it years earlier.