I have two Gen Z kids....the oldest of the two, my Step Son prefers to take the easiest and cleanest route possible. He was never one to break a sweat by getting his hands dirty or using physical strength. Never wanted to be involved with outdoors/hunting/fishing etc....Assigning him chores resulted in half ass attempts of the most simple of things. He hates the outdoors and spent most of his teenage years in his room in front of a monitor. He was hooked (still is) on video games. He's a computer geek. He wasn't a loner, had friends...mostly communicated with via a gaming headset. He married another gamer/computer geek. He knew his Groomsmen for years....but never met them in person until a couple days before the wedding. They were mostly Canadians. He relies on others for anything physical. When he bought a house I bought him a lawn mower and combo kit. But he relies on his Father in Law to use them when needed. I bought him a mechanics tool set for Christmas. A big contrast to his usual gifts of bobble head figures of movie characters and gaming stuff. That said, he is only a few years out of college and making a good salary.
My youngest Gen Z is nothing like his older Step Brother. He was always outside, in the woods, getting dirty, excelled at physical things like yardwork and sports from a early age. He sometimes intentionally takes the hard path so he can get a work out. Example being a few years back we took down several 100ft tall trees. He was right there prepping saws, limbing, dragging, bucking and hauling the pieces down to the splitter. Splitter went down. As I was tinkering with it he walked to the shed, grabbed axes, sledges and splitting wedges and got busy. That was after a long week of summer two a day football camp/practice. Christmas and Birthdays once he became a teenager he pretty much asked for tools, ATV gear, hunting/fishing gear. He's currently in the Navy enjoying Seabee life and excited to deploy.
Wife is Gen X....I'm a Boomer......maybe that's the difference....lol
