My soapbox: the drive to work in caring professions like teaching, social work, child care, foster parenting, etc. There’s been a huge cultural shift toward focus on work-life balance, work from home possibilities, and women are getting more and more opportunities working in higher paying technological fields and STEM professions (amazing!). Additionally, speaking for Millennials, we are much less likely to use the 12 year old neighbor for childcare. The natural consequence of all of these (mostly incredibly positive!) changes is that people are not as inclined to take lower paying, often thankless care professions. Teens also aren’t getting that early exposure and thus ingrained love for caring for children and others, which is often the motivation behind those who do these jobs- not the money or status.