Why do kids these days have no respect for their parents?

Question

I noticed kids these days are always yelling at and talking back to their parents. Whatever happened to the good old Cleaver family days when kids always did what they were told and had alot of respect towards their parents?

Answer 1

The children treat their parents the way the parents allow them to. I am also aghast at what I see. I think that the parents,for the most part, both work. I think they try to compensate for the lost time with their kids by buying them TOO many things...the kids get spoiled,talk back,parents back off....how pathetically sad.

Answer 2

From what I have seen in all of my friends kids is a lack of discipline and I do mean no discipline at all. I can't even go around hardly any of my friends anymore that have kids because of the way they let them treat them and do nothing about it. Some of the kids have even disrespected me and I got on to them. I didn't care what my friends thought. Kids are nothing like they used to be when I was growing up even. I am only 45, but I guarantee you we didn't act anything like kids do now towards their parents. We would have got a good spanking and our teeth knocked out if we would have talked to our parents like kids do now. And I would have expected it. But I would have never treated my parents that way in the first place. Kids nowdays have alot more problems too than we did. They are so different than the way I was also. Nowdays they have sex so early and don't think a thing about it. They have alot of depression and so much ADD and ADHD problems now too. I blame the parents for the way kids act now. Or from what all I have seen, it is the parents fault for not putting a stop to it. But kids now will turn in their parents to the CPS if they spank them or call the cops on their parents. I have heard of ridiculous things, but this is the most ridiculous things now. If parents don't take over and be parents, I hate to see what it will be like when I get older. Kids just have no respect whatsoever. And it is sad and sickening.

Answer 3

Parents have stopped parenting or have become too busy to parent. That is not an excuse but sadly in a lot of cases it is true. They spoil their kids rotten..let them do what they want, when they want to get them out of their own hair so they can have their own time. What happened to the 6:00 meal everynight? Why are parents so crazy about putting their kids into every sport or extra curricular activity possible? Why...to give someone else the responsibility. Sure, kids need extra curricular activities. I agree but not the extent most parents today are. I talk to parents who are constantly running like bandits dropping off here and there. Kids are getting everything they want these days. There is no magic of Christmas because most of them have it already. So this in turn creates spoiled children who know why should I act in a respective way...I'll get what I want anyway...whine their way through everything because most parents will give into just to shut them up. Luckily there are some of us with very respectful children...knock on wood for me :) Parenting is a full time job and I love it.

Answer 4

In the good old Cleaver days, the parents actually cared about the children. Today parents are more concerned with making tons of money to buy "stuff". Kids are put in daycare at 3 weeks. The children are lashing out, angry and have a right to be.

Answer 5

Because of laws to protect abused children.
First thing they taught my child when she started school was your parents can't do this, they can't do that, and here is the number for child protected services, you can call any time. So now parents that are trying to raise their children with morals and to know right from wrong are the bad guys, while so called parents that beat , torture and even kill their children go free. I was raised to respect my parents, my elders, and to have respect for myself. Why don't they understand not all parents are evil, and go after the real culprits, the liars cause they can't have things there own way. Start taking the Big pay checks from the government and use that to find out the truth (get more honest people on the job)

Answer 6

I take offence to that! because I do respect my mother I'll addmit I'm not always an angel and do what I'm told and sometimes I talk back but not all the time I respect my mother and I love her to death I mean she gave me birth when she could have aborited me she keept me when she could have gave me up she puts clothes on my back food in my stumach and every once in a while gets me something just for nothing actully most the time if she gets herself something she gets me and my sister something but I do have respect for my mother! I help her out as much as I can until I get tired to tell you the truth I'm probably one of the most respectful "kids" you'll ever meet and my mother has even said that herself! but EVERY kid talks back once in a while every kid does but I agree with some of the pepole on here it would happen alot less if the parents would just spank there kids and stop spoiling them rotten!

Answer 7

Because now there is no fear of the parents. Parents have lost control of their kids as well as their households. They are working so much and are loosing touch with their kids. In your example of the Cleavers, the mother stayed at home so she was in tune with her kids because she was there in the house when they came home from school. Now, most mothers are working and the kids are coming home to the TV, friends or no one. Sad, but this is the reality and this is what we made the world today.

Answer 8

I agree with you!
There is one explanation for this question and that is that no one wants to discipline their children because they think it will hurt their Psyche!
Get with it people!
Children will respect you if you will show them respect by disciplining them when they need it!
99% of the time a child acts disrespectful because they want your attention!
You can not just ignore a child that is 'talking back' or saying mean things to you!
Do something about it...
You don't have to beat them to let them know you mean business!
There are other means of punishment!
All they want from you is for you to notice them!
Most parents work and are not around their children enough and this makes them think they are unloved so it gives them a bad attitude...
Hug them, put them in a corner when they are bad, take away privileges, for heavens sake sometimes you may even need to swat their bottoms with a fly swatter! But stop worrying about hurting their feelings and ignoring bad behavior...
As my 10 year old just advised me...
Parents have feelings too!

Answer 9

This is not how it is with most parents. It's like everything else the ones who allow their children to yell and talk back make a bad name for all parents who don't allow this.

Parents who yell at each other and yell at their children and other people have children who reflect back this behavior.

Parents teach respect by being respectful.

Answer 10

parents need to find a way to get through to their ignorant kids. if the parents didnt say things that were unfair or untrue about something. parents need to believe their kids sometimes and also teach them about the world and maybe whoop a little sense into them. kids hate when parents say things that are not right but wrong and when they do lame things as a teen would call it. kids willl have to learn someday that doing stuff the way older people do it will work sometimes though. like even if somebody were to call you tattle tale. and you told your parents and your parents get mad at that person. some stupid kids get mad at stuff like that. some kids are just ignorant and some parents are just ignorant. sometime when a parent is yelling at a kid for no reason kids get mad or when teachers do something not entirely fair like mouth off to a kid and then the kid talks back. but sometimes the kid just talks back for no reason. those are called ignorant kids. teach them, send them away, or get rid of them . no matter wat u do stay away and ignore them and dont encourage their acts