Before I finished High School, I had a paper route, worked for a lawn maintenance company, worked in the mail room of a tax preparation company, and worked in a gas station. I was a Boy Scout patrol Leader, backpacked the Sierra Madres, played Little League Baseball, Pop Warner Football, high school water polo, and was on a swim team. I went target shooting with my own .22 rifle, shot skeet with a friend, rode dirt bikes in Mexico, SCUBA dived, speared fish, recorded 8mm underwater movies with an underwater camera I built myself, fished fresh water, salt water, and deep sea, trained in Kenpo Karate, learned classical piano, and played keyboard in a local rock band.
Kids learn responsibility by being given real responsibility. Much of what you did as a young man is now illegal or restricted to this generation of young people.
We are raising sissies and it seems intentional. 7/10 black kids will never know a father. PCness drives out any attempt to extend oneself beyond the ruling paradigm.
It is stifling, but I don’t see an easy way out for any American.