Rushid Afzali, from the Be Free Campaign in Liverpool, said it was normal for parents to want to support their children to find a job.
“Of course a parent is going to be concerned when its nearly impossible to find a job, of course they want to support.
“It’s not a motivational issue, and a lot of people try to put the blame on to young people,” said Rushid.
Williams said said young people should “offer CV, walk around, speak to people, especially independently owned businesses like ourselves”.
He said he thought parents were “quite soft”, adding that when his own child grew up, there was “absolutely categorically not a chance that I would apply for a job for them.”
He added there been an increase in the past year of parents emailing and messaging the bar asking if their child can work there.
And he said he wondered whether some children who had grown up during the coronavirus pandemic had had their confidence affected.