Does anyone really like to work? If you won the lottery you would still go strap on your tool belt? I work hard so my family can live a nice life. If money was not a concern I could find plenty of things to do that would make me happy, and none of those are work.
I think being a " construction worker" is still looked down on. I think parents do this out of ignorance because their parents pushed them to get an education so they would have a better life.
I went and got my bachelor's degree in education, and was a teacher for a few years. I decided that was not the right path for me. I went back through the ibew apprenticeship program. My total package is over $80 an hour. I make over 100k a year, and I will be able to retire at 55 comfortably...