Yes they are, and I've been repeatedly called a cold hearted bitch for encouraging my son to enter the military out of high school since he had no ambitions or plans.
I mean, both of my parents lived on working farms growing up. They were up working fields and tending stock before school, going to school, coming home to finish chores, then do homework and go to bed. I basically did something similar growing up since we owned horses, so for me it was go straight to the barn after school, muck stalls and otherwise tend the animals, go home and do homework before bed.
What's the worst most of our kids have to do, wait a week or two before they get their cell phone?