In this industry, the shortage of skilled labor comes up time and again. A contributing factor is that a four-year college pathway continues to often be pushed for as the sole means to a successful career. Young people develop that mindset, and they overlook opportunities in the skilled trades, like plumbing.
Calah Alexander hasn’t allowed herself to become blinded to today’s realities, though. In a recent blog post on Aleteia.org titled “Why you should raise your kids to be plumbers,” she writes:
I’ve been telling my kids since they were old enough to know what college is that they will never, ever
