Has behaviour of kids got worse or is it just harmless?

[Ihatemyneighb]

Genuinely interested what are your thoughts? I’m quite strict with my kids and I nip any bad behaviour straight away. My issue is I see neighbourhood kids just getting away with lots of things and just being left unsupervised at times. Just for context we live in a well thought of middle class area where there’s many professional people. We previously lived in a considered poor and disadvantaged area but my own experience was that the parents seemed to keep the kids in check and I didn’t see any kids bothering anyone. I feel the area now parents and kids seem to be very entitled! Anyone else experience this?

@Ihatemyneighb you have your own kids right? Becuase this is massive projection just because peer on peer bullying and I suspect in your field physical and sexual abuse does occur it is doesn’t mean it happens here

This seems to be very much your anxiety because even the title doesn’t make sense because you are describing behaviour of yesterday year.

please work on it for your children’s sake so you don’t see things thst aren’t there

"We live in a decaying age. Young people no longer respect their parents. They are rude and impatient. They frequently inhabit taverns and have no self-control." Inscription on a 6,000-year-old Egyptian tomb.

"Sons and daughters are quick to offend their aging parents and speak to them with rudeness." Greek poet Hesiod, 7th century B.C.

"What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders. They disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets, inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?" Plato, 4th Century B.C.

"The age of our parents was more vicious than that of our grandfathers, our age is more vicious than that of our fathers, we are worse than our fathers were, and our children will be worse than us." Roman poet Horace, 1st
Century B.C.

"The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint." Peter the Hermit, 1274.

"It is the exception when we see a boy respectful to his superiors and obedient to his parents." U.S. Boy Scouts Handbook 1911

@snemrose Then perhaps we went through a better age somewhat after that - in living memory.

@anyolddinosaur older generations have complained about youngsters for years is my point. It is life.