I think about this every time I read an article about youth employment today. I graduated from university in 1992. I crossed the country looking for work, ending in Whitehorse. When my job ended there (I would have loved to waitress but the best I could do was work in a garden centre), I left the country. Thanks to facebook etc it s easy to see that many of my classmates and childhood friends never really got off the ground. Many still struggle with employment. Many are divorced. A surprising large number didn't have children. So while today's young people might not be facing anything new, some might be 'stunted' for life.