I have been increasingly troubled by what I perceive as a lack of motivation on the part of many young people to move out and move on with their lives. I rented my first apartment at 17 and everyone I knew was looking forward to being out on their own.

I have talked about this with my wife and she agrees our generation was more “grown-up” than today’s kids (I’m talking about 18-21 year olds here). It just doesn’t make sense to me though. I would think the opposite would be true, but the fact is it appears we have a lost generation on our hands. They don’t want to work, don’t want to leave the nest, and have no prospects.

I thought my observations may have been isolated examples, but after reading this post by Stephen Green at VodkaPundit I think its an even bigger problem than I feared. I also agree with Stephen’s assessment of where the fault lies. Go have a read and let me know what you think….