I think it is really based on your parents...even if as a child your parents were well to do, they could have still instilled a good work ethic in the child.
My daughter is a full time college student. She also has 2 part time jobs. She can change a flat tire, change most of the bulbs on her car, check and put the right fluids in the right holes, check and put air in the tires and so on. She taped and painted her own room. She volunteers at a hospital. Her and her teammates qualified through the local, then State competitions and earned the right to go to the World Finals in the Destination Imagination(DI)
Destination ImagiNation - The Organization program 3 times, placing no worse than in the top 15 in the World each time. She went to Junior College on an athletic scholarship. She has now been offered a paying position as an Assistant Coach there. 3 other High Schools also recruited her to coach.
My son is in high school and has been by my side for all types of mechanical, house and landscaping adventures. He just changed out the electric pto clutch on my riding lawn mower yesterday without any supervision. As I type this, he is on the business end of the weed eater. It will take him about 4 hours to do what I asked him to do. He knows that if he does not do a good job, he will be doing it again. I know he will do a good job, but I will still check..and he knows that also. He had a job but he quit do to unfair treatment. He had made his concerns known to the highest person at the business and things did not change, so he quit. I told him that there could be possible fall out when trying to get other jobs because he quit. He figured his best course of action would be to write a letter to the corporate office with his concerns and why he did not want to remain employed there. They reprimanded the business, he was offered his job back(he declined) and he was given a letter of recommendation from the corporate office. He also was in the Destination Imagination (DI) program. His team did make to the World Finals one time and they placed within the top 15 in the world.
There are many good, creative, driven and talented kids out there, you just have to look. The DI program is pretty much available anywhere an adult can supervise. Go see a local or State competition. If you really want to feel good about the youth in America, go to the World Finals in Knoxville. You will see around 5,000 amazing positive hard working kids.
If you have kids, the DI program is a great way for them to learn so many lifelong lessons. I have managed teams and I now am an appraiser at the local and State competitions....as is my daughter. If you have any questions about the DI program you can PM me.