Yes indeed.
And nice rant above. I agree, my first job at 14 and by the time I was a junior in high school, i had 3 part time jobs, as a senior I had 2 part time, 1 full time (manager at local coffee shop) and was still in school with a 3.75gpa taking classes for college credit. It wasn't even forced on me by my parents, it was just my work ethic that got me those jobs.
eta: And I've seen the laziness in my younger sister. She sat for 2 years after college graduation doing nothing, was waiting for someone to tell her how to write her resume. When I found out she didn't even HAVE a resume, I sat her down, showed her mine and said make yours now. Then started forcing her to apply everywhere and basically spoon feeding her any and all job postings I could find online.