Are children today worse than children in the past?

Question

"Children today are spoiled rotten, misbehave, have no respect for authority." I recently heard this quote. It got me to thinking though, didn't our parents say this about us, and their parents about them, so the question arises, are children today worse than the children of the past?

Answer 1

well i am 18 legally i am a adult but i am a motiavtional speaker and speak on this all the time. children these days r exposed to so much more than children back then were. of course kids these days r much worse i mean think of all the things we see on tv at a young age and daily bases. back then discipline was real now it is considered abuse. it all started when the mother went to work and wasn't at home to teach and maintain the children. how can we not be worse. the sad part is that we don't even realize we are bad.

Answer 2

I actually grew up in the past and I think it isn't the children; it's the parents.

In the past, parents actually held hands with their children walking down the street. Today they are tethered at the wrist to a parent 4 feet away.

In the past, parents ate with the children around the family table. Today the parents leave a twenty on the kitchen counter so the kids can order a pizza.

In the past, a parent was always at home when the children came home from school. Today the children go to preschool, daycare, and afterschool. If they don't go to any of those schools, they are usually latchkey kids, who go home to an empty house.

So it isn't the fault of the children, it's the fault of the parents.

Answer 3

SOME kids are worse. They are spoiled yes, they have things that did not exist when they were kids. But there have always been a bunch of good kids and a few bad kids.

But if everyday they ran a story in the newspaper about a kid on the honor roll who studies all of the time would you read it ? Would you read about the kid who brought the gun to his school and killed his classmates?


Face it, we are hooked on sensationalism and the press knows that this kind of thing sells. Good kids (Ihate to say it) are boring.

Let's think back, a while ago, I think it was the boston marathon, a woman came out of nowhere and won. Rosie Ruiz I think her name was. She cheated, how many people have run in how many marathons since then and I don't remember one name, except for the person who cheated.

Answer 4

I don't think kids are worse. I just think they are different and do things and say things that adults were not allowed to do or say as kids. But that doesn't make them worse, it just means adults now have to parent differently than our parents did. I'm usually glad that my daughter feels she can speak up. Usually, LOL. I never felt like I could, so I just suffered.

Kids can still be kind, respectful, helpful and determined. They can also be cruel, rude, smart mouthed, and lazy. EXACTLY how kids were when I was young.

I still remember a kid in my 1st grade class telling the teacher to shut up. This was in 1964 and the school was in a decent neighborhood! I was mortified! Of course she grabbed his ear (which you can't do now) and walked him out of the room. We never saw him again, at least not in our class...

Answer 5

Definitely. Parents today are too busy with their lives to teach their children right from wrong, or manners, or respect. A lot of moms and dads work these days, and a lot of children are left to raise themselves. And they learn by watching violent shows/movies, playing violent video games, listening to horrible music that degrades women and authority. It's a sad situation, with the only solution being parents need to be more involved in their child's life, and have time to raise them right.

Answer 6

If children are spoiled, misbehave, and have no respect...........whose fault is it? Not theirs. They have not been taught. Children model what they see at home.For all of you who are blaming our children look in the mirror and be the person you want your child to be. They are watching and learning from you all the time. I work with severely abused and impaired children in a poverty stricken area.........the children today that I work with all the time are filled with love even though they have to deal with struggles that their parents and society have placed upon them.
They survive and still know how to love. Society is worse..........but it's not the kids.......it's the adults.

Answer 7

Kids today are soooo much worse. But then again if I punished my girls the way my parents punished me lets face it I'd be in jail. Not only are they more disrespectful but they are much braver then I ever cared to try. They push more. And as parents of three girls my husband and I definitely give in more. I think it has a lot to do with how you felt as a child and what you want or don't want your kids to feel. When my mom didn't take my side I felt betrayed and so no matter what the situation I ALWAYS take my girls side first and ask questions later.

Answer 8

Kids today are way worse. Recently i heard a 5 year old boy running down the street near my fiances house screaming and SWEARING at his parents. If i had even thought of doing that when i was young?? And th way they talk to adult that are not their parents is even worse!

Answer 9

Yes indeed. Today's kids lack moral training, and have no respect for their elders, or anyone else for that matter.This lach of dicipline for parents is reflected in their work ethics. They take no pride in doing a job well, just biding them time ti get that weekly paycheck. They could care less about the quality of the work which they do for their employers.

Answer 10

YES!! i agree i am a teen (young) but i think more kids today are more spoiled than in the past and there is less dicipline