[akadruid1]

It's a sickness of society to treat young people as "lifestyle" (or possessions, or hobbies) of their parents. If we think of them as people in their own right, then the argument for providing them with education, social support etc makes more sense. It helps to think of your own childhood. When you were were younger you benefited from the wealth of your parents, the structure of your society and the goodwill of other people. Those things have been eroded over time and young people today have less support then they had 20-30 years ago, and much less than they had 50-60 years ago. When a crisis like this happens, they too are going to suffer. This is a defining event for their generation even more than it is for working adults.