[IanDrake]

An American friend of mine worked at a private school there. She said that boys are being raised to be pampered with the expectation in life that they will not need to provide for their family through work and that women are basically slaves.

This was a school of upper class kids and, to me, the attitude I would expect for children of tyrants.

[twic]

I've heard similar reports, second-hand, from a teacher in the UAE: the current generation of young men anticipate a life of effortless luxury, and so don't see the point in working hard in school. They point out that this is also why there's a high level of childhood obesity:

https://www.khaleejtimes.com/news/uae-health/posh-lifestyle-...