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by bryanlarsen 1034 days ago
Yes. It's been a gradual change, but it's become really evident over the last decade. It's not that they don't want money, but extra-curriculars have a lot more importance on college applications, and those prevent part time jobs.

Also, multi-player video games are occupying kids free time, and don't require the folding money that previous hobbies like cars did.