NPR Guest: Too Many Young People Have Never Worked | Intellectual Takeout

NPR Guest: Too Many Young People Have Never Worked | Intellectual Takeout: 
"Headlines in 2018 seem to tell a recurring story: 
Unemployment rates are lower than ever. 
...But many of us have overlooked another set of unemployment numbers – numbers which are soaring and signaling a tale of doom for those caught up in the vicious cycle.
Who are these unknown unemployed? 
Quite simply, they are our children.
Columnist and author Katherine Reynolds Lewis makes this case in a recent interview with NPR.
According to Lewis, the focus on helping children succeed in all kinds of extracurricular activities has prevented parents from involving their children in chores and other household responsibilities. 
As a result, these children are excluded from the valuable lessons and sense of community, value, and belonging that these chores bring.
"They're not asked to do anything to contribute to a neighborhood or family or community," Lewis told NPR. 
"And that really erodes their sense of self-worth — just as it would with an adult being unemployed."
She continued:
“To be straight-A students and athletic superstars, gifted musicians and artists — which are all wonderful goals, but they are long-term and pretty narcissistic. 
They don't have that sense of contribution and belonging in a family the way that a simple household chore does, like helping a parent prepare a meal. 
Anyone who loves to cook knows it's so satisfying to feed someone you love and to see that gratitude and enjoyment on their faces. 
And kids today are robbed of that.
It's part of the work of the family..."
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