Because there is no safety net otherwise. also, wages (and respect) for employees are already limited, and the lower down the "totem" pole you are the worse it

Because there is no safety net otherwise. also, wages (and respect) for employees are already limited, and the lower down the "totem" pole you are the worse it gets. parents don't want to imagine such a scenario, even if they have moved to the US where despite everything, things are still much better, minimum wage wise.