very one sided views here..
For some a job is a meaningful part of their life; intellectually challenging, doing something useful. Those who see it as just a way of raising money are missing out on opportunities to actually get fulfilment and even <gasps> joy out of their work.
It's a trade off, if I could get a job that paid me enough only to work 20 hours a week, I'd be fine with a non-challenging job, I'd have enough time to seek that elsewhere. With a full-time job the importance of many aspects of the job (challenge/colleagues/etc) has become that much bigger.
@ debussey I've seen quite a few people that were really successful in life but for whom I have no respect in any way. When it comes to life experience, itīs your task a sentient human to learn from the experience, apply it, integrate it, and enrich yourself. Experience in that respect is a purely egocentric phenomenon. that doesnīt mean you should ignore insights from others but apply critical thought to it.
@ TA. making life as simple as possible for your kids just makes em spoiled and lazy. Provide a solid base: caring family (in any shape or form), food, shelter, plenty of peers, access to proper education, and from that point on they should be on their own with ofc some guidance from the parent(s) in the background. again challenges, even minor ones, are very good for instilling self-reliance, autonomy and self worth in people.