GenX monks

I chanced upon an article about the nextgen monks in the Metro Plus of The Hindu a few days ago. Incidentally it was the same day I picked up the book "The monk who sold his ferrari" by Robin. S. Sharma. The article set me up thinking. No, I am not going to renounce my worldly possessions and desires! I was thinking of something else. All the nexgen monks who were interviewed by the write were between 23-25 years old. An age when they are supposed to aspire for higher positions (material ones of course!) - a cushy job, good career growth, comforts etc; What shocked me was that most of them were the only child of their parents. What persuaded them to take the step? They say it was their lifestyle of partying, boozing, gunning and girls. A few years later they were so bored of their hollow lifestyle that they started to question the meaning of their very existence. Some joined ISKCON while some joined the Buddhist Monastery in the city. One monk said "When we see these guys and girls and their bikes - we pity them. They do not know what they are missing!" The nexgen monks have found their higher calling. They renounced their worldly possessions and desires. True. But in my point of view they shunned responsibilities as well. Don't their aging parents need their support in their final days? Since they were so accustomed to the "no-strings-attached" kind of lifestyle did they use the monk-hood as a convenient excuse to run away from worldly responsibilities? Don't take to task for the above questions because even the Hindu scriptures say about the 4 "aasramas" of life - Baalya, Youvana, Grihastha and Sanyaasa. When we have experienced and fulfilled our responsibilities in the first 3, then we can renounce worldly pleasures and take the path of salvation or sanyaasa to attain self-realization. Youvana is the time for intellectual, physical and emotional growth - not the time for sanyaasa! That is what my opinion is about spirituality in the early 20's.