Why are teens disrespectful towards elders now a days? (children, adults, girls)

[ADA_NC]

I saw a bunch of kids calling an old lady in lynx all sorts of name..
Old lady complained to one of the girls that they were making a lot of noise.. That started a non stop 20 minutes of abuse of this old lady from 5 teens...

I am appalled by by the disrespect.. No common sense?

[NC~Mom]

Parents coddle their children too much these days. They give them no responsibilities, and no consequences for their actions.

[bs13690]

Ya, ya, kids these days. As if our parents didn't say the same crap about us.

So what did you do about it? Sounds like nothing.

[eman1200]

dooshbagery.

[Suqraat]

This reminds me of the kids in New York who were filmed bullying an elderly bus monitor some time ago. Interestingly enough, sympathetic people on the Internet have raised over $600,000 to give her the vacation of a lifetime or possibly even to retire.

But I have to say I agree with bs13690. Every generation complains about "kids these days." Terrible things were done by young people in years past as well. Don't forget back in the 1950s, when right here in Charlotte the kids of those days spat at and taunted Dorothy Counts, the young black girl who integrated the then all-white Harding High.

[lauramc27]

Originally Posted by NC~Mom

Parents coddle their children too much these days. They give them no responsibilities, and no consequences for their actions.

Not all parents do this. I for one am one that makes my child suffer the consequences of her actions and has taught her to be respectful of everyone.

There will always be a few bad apples in the bunch, but these days with the internet news travels a lot faster and farther than it used to.

[Hedgehog_Mom]

So you watched them abuse her for 20 minutes and didn't speak up?

[Suqraat]

Adding on to my previous post, this is a picture of Dorothy Counts (one of the first black students who integrated Harding High in Charlotte, N.C.) on September 4, 1957, about fifty-five years ago. Teens were being disrespectful back then too, which is why I don't like it when people talk of "the good old days" when they were younger.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by Suqraat

But I have to say I agree with bs13690. Every generation complains about "kids these days." Terrible things were done by young people in years past as well. Don't forget back in the 1950s, when right here in Charlotte the kids of those days spat at and taunted Dorothy Counts, the young black girl who integrated the then all-white Harding High.

That involved racist hysteria. You can't compare incidents like that with general bullying, like the OP is talking about. Back during desegregation of schools, adults in New Orleans would line up in front of the elementary school to shout threats and spit at a 6-year old child, Ruby Dee.

[ecaridad]

Originally Posted by ADA_NC

I saw a bunch of kids calling an old lady in lynx all sorts of name..
Old lady complained to one of the girls that they were making a lot of noise.. That started a non stop 20 minutes of abuse of this old lady from 5 teens...

I am appalled by by the disrespect.. No common sense?

I am sorry but I have to disagree you've made a very general statement and I don't believe it's true. it really depends upon the teenager.