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kids are complete animals these days. The reason is kids having kids. They have no clue how to be a parent and it shows. Heck, even some of the adults these days don't know how to be parents, they make their kids their friends instead of their kids.
Actually, the youth homicide rate (and the homicide rate in general) is way lower than it was throughout the 1980's and early 90's.
It's obviously still unacceptably high (though mainly concentrated in some areas and not others), but compared to "Generation X," this generation's kids are much-better behaved.
Actually, the youth homicide rate (and the homicide rate in general) is way lower than it was throughout the 1980's and early 90's.
It's obviously still unacceptably high (though mainly concentrated in some areas and not others), but compared to "Generation X," this generation's kids are much-better behaved.
Look at the stats. America's murder rate in 1980 was 10.2 murders per 100,000 people per year.
In 1991, it was 9.8.
Between 1970 and 1995, the lowest it ever got was 7.9.
But in 2008, the rate was 5.4. That's lower than the rate in 1966.
Gotta give the kids some credit where credit is due, don't you think?
I don't know if you can give kids any credit, but maybe. That still doesn't excuse their behavior in the last decade or so. I see it everywhere. You go to a store and there is Generation X mom with all of her tatoos and piercings with an unruly child getting into EVERYTHING, screaming, crying, etc. My sister-in-law is one of those parents who treats her kid like a best friend and not the child she is. I see the consequences, the kid doesn't have a solid bed time, she'll be up as long as mom is, could be 3am! The kid is so damn wild and has absolutely no respect for anyone elses' property. I could go on and on but I think you get the picture. Ever since society thought it was OK to NOT discipline your children, it all went downhill from there. Now throw in the fact that kids these days are so completely spoiled to the bone. Drive through any high school parking lot and I bet you see brand new cars in the lot that the 17 year old STUDENTS are driving that mommy and daddy bought for them. I'm talking cars like Acura, BMW, AUDI, etc. It is quite disgusting. It is creating a sense of entitlement that these kids grow up with which in turn they lose all respect for material things and know nothing about being proud of what you have earned and worked for. It will be the ultimate demise of our society if it keeps up.
I don't know if you can give kids any credit, but maybe. That still doesn't excuse their behavior in the last decade or so. I see it everywhere. You go to a store and there is Generation X mom with all of her tatoos and piercings with an unruly child getting into EVERYTHING, screaming, crying, etc. My sister-in-law is one of those parents who treats her kid like a best friend and not the child she is. I see the consequences, the kid doesn't have a solid bed time, she'll be up as long as mom is, could be 3am! The kid is so damn wild and has absolutely no respect for anyone elses' property. I could go on and on but I think you get the picture. Ever since society thought it was OK to NOT discipline your children, it all went downhill from there. Now throw in the fact that kids these days are so completely spoiled to the bone. Drive through any high school parking lot and I bet you see brand new cars in the lot that the 17 year old STUDENTS are driving that mommy and daddy bought for them. I'm talking cars like Acura, BMW, AUDI, etc. It is quite disgusting. It is creating a sense of entitlement that these kids grow up with which in turn they lose all respect for material things and know nothing about being proud of what you have earned and worked for. It will be the ultimate demise of our society if it keeps up.
I am a Gen Xer and completely agree. I see it with all of my friends and cousins who have kids. There is no discipline, the world revolves around their kids, everything stops when the kid cries for something. It will lead to an increasingly dysfunctional society without a doubt. The evidence is there by our current group of political leaders.
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