I don’t doubt your first hand experience. But we should also include the young adults whom are serving when assessing the overall laziness of the average America “young adult” (obviously, not “kids” in this case).
Is it your responsibility to rear the “kids” that fail to appreciate simple labor? No. It’s the parents that failed.
Take my post in its entirety. I think it would make sense to find a financial “pathway” for college-bound students that includes some time on the farm. I foresee numerous benefits. Do you have a farm? Would something like that work for you?
Yes, we're farmers. I don't know if it'd work. Young people today just aren't used to hot, hard, dirty, physical labor and that's what much of farm work is. They've never HAD to do it and when exposed, don't like it. :-) I don't think there's a way to compel them. The incentives would have to be really, really good and even I have my doubts.