Young people should also understand that a single person is typically a poor person.
Two people can split an apartment or mortgage payment 50/50.
Young people need to know how to make a marriage and how to make a marriage last.
Yes I love the “success sequence” (which if followed means less than a 10% chance of being poor in the US): finish high school, get a full time job, get married, have children. In that order only. Very simple!