Whats the deal these days with kids being so angry?

Why is it kids these days seem so angry and are not respectful to adults? I would have never acted that way when I was young. My mom and grandmother made sure that I was respectful to everyone, and still to this day I say yes ma'am, no sir, etc to my...

elders.

Has the world really changed that much that 13-17 year olds are so angry that they feel the need to cuss all the time, and the world owes them something?

I guess I'm just stuck in the past...and I'm glad.

Anyone else feel this way?

Times were very rebelious when I was a teen so I guess I don't really notice that in kids today. When I helped a carload of high schoolers change a flat tire every one of them called me sir. if anything teens today are less rebelious today than when I was their age. We were trying to stop the war in Vietnam, experimented with drugs, believed in flower power and free love, cheered for Patti Hearst and the SLA, and questioned everything. Most of the teen guys I talk to today want a six figure income, a trophy wife and a Hummer.

As far as cussing goes, I think it is stylish to talk like you are from "the hood" even if teens live in a safe boring suburb. Just an affectation so I laugh it off.

I do notice a sense of entitlement in a lot of teens though. They don't seem willing to work as hard as previous generations did. if they can get away with it more power to them though. I think a lot of them are going to have a big dose of reality to deal with eventually.

These days both parents work, and argue a lot, look at satistics divorce rates have gone up. Kids only have friends and televison as role models. I guess that has something to do with it. Times have changed aswell.

I kinda do too.

I see kids being disrespectful, insulting their parents, rude to people they don't even know. It's so awful to think there were those of us who were born 5-10 years earlier, who are polite (but I'll admit, I'm no pushover, and certainly no saint!) and we get lumped in with this younger troop. I'm tired of people of my mum's generation assuming that I'm some rude, insolent little thing who purposely tried to make things difficult.

Having said that, there are some adults I've met who get right on my wick. My soon-to-be mother-in-law is one of them. A woman who acts so open minded... and if you disagree with her, you see how closed minded she really is. I find it hard to be respectful of a woman whose philosophy seems to be "If you don't agree with me, then you're wrong!" I've also met some adults who make a grilled cheese sandwich look like an astrophysicist.

I've seen some really well adjusted kids too. Kids who have missed out on things in life, and just said "That's okay, maybe next time". The ones with the "world owes me something" attitude appear to cope less with failure. They get mad when they fail, they can't cope, so they take it out on others. Usually, they find someone to blame.

I think I know what sparked this question, and I don't really see it as being as much disrespect, as the inability to cope when angry. While some of us can just say "fine, okay, I respect your opinion, even though I don't agree", others tend to fly off the handle. It's more a matter of having the social grace of being civil.

*Hands texaskimmie a Pink Fluffy Bunny cannon*

Feel free to fire this when you feel like someone needs to calm down. I do.

Just because you baby boomers are getting old, and things are changing doesn't mean you should take it out on the younger generation. Step aside.

I wrote a poem on this subject once called "children of filth"

Swimming in a sea of filth
contaminated by ones left over waste
becoming more intoxicated by each breath

A sexed crazed youth being fed by pop stars
shaking there dressed up meat
a platform for sordid role models to aspire

A child inspired by the upbeat crowd
and the bright flashing lights
by the cheesy sexed up lyrics
made to stick in there ever-evolving minds

The parents unaware or just don't care
of the damage being caused by the disgusting
provocative things there being fed

It's the bast*rd truth!
your children have a fetish for sexy clothes
and talking dirty through there mobile phones

They dress there children in clothes
fit for a porn star only to become one

The next generation
more contaminated than the last one!

Thanks for the cannon lexi_con, I'll be sure to use it.

The only thing I disagree with, it is is not only just anger but HUGE disrespect. (What sparked this question). The filth that came out of her is really disrespectful to someone you don't know. And the entitlement came from the "how dare you" attitude that she oozed.

Oh well, I'm off to fire my pink bunny cannon.

Look around this board. We have kids 13 and 14 years old asking what to do about their pregnancies and how to give their boyfriends a blowjob or make their girls climax. Look at most of the lewd profile pics you see of members below age 18, especially the females. It's pretty obvious that many in this generation have absolutely no regard for what their elders think.

The fact is though, it's hard to blame them. Many of their elders, I.e. parents, simply don't care. And those that do care must compete with a self-centered culture that defines what is hip and pop. at the expense of what is good and decent.

Also, it's the times. This generation is possibly the most privileged generation in the nation's history. They never lived through the Great Depression or the Vietnam War or the Civil Rights Movement. A very small number of their peers are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan...but the war hardly touches the rest.

On the other hand, I will end on a positive note. I do see many young people participating in things like Habitat for Humanity and AmeriCorps, giving back to the world in tremendous ways. I see young girls working overtime as nurses at elderly care homes, working for low pay. And the young men and women fighting that war in Iraq are nothing short of superb, toiling under horrible circumstances because that's their job, never thinking of themselves.

So I think this young generation, while it has been corrupted, will still do OK when we hand them the reigns.

I sure hope so...I guess I'm not quite as confident about that as you are. I'm a teacher and I see disrespect every day. Not in my class, because I don't allow it, and make it fun to be there...but still it's out there, and it's bad.

My opinion, their parents grew up in an environment where God was not allowed in schools and we're reaping what we've sown - no discipline and disrespect runs rampant.

Two thumbs up Amblessed. . . .
I see it often at work Parents giving there Children every little thing they want. . . And the Child gives back disrespect. . . . sickening. . . . . I've seen it here also. . .

I think there are a lot of sources to blame. The first one is the media, which always shows violence, celebrities, who are always doing something wrong, and parents who just don't care. (My grammar sucks, sorry)

I get sick with the way my generation acts as well. The next time I hear one of them say may, thank you or please will be the first. Sometimes I'm schocked when I see them do the things they do. But since the beginning of time hasn't every younger generation been seen as rude and insolent by the older generation?

Oh almost forgot about the endless stream of filth at our fingertips on the internet.

Hey! I think I can actually help you with this.. umm...okay were to start..okay the reason that there so mad is because there sad.(I know it sounds crazy but its true)LoL! Like theres a person I know, his relative passed away and now hes on the mad side...the other reason is that the kids parent or maybe someone at school is being disrespectful and the kid got it from them as their role model so they did the same thing. or maybe their spoilt...maybe they have learned to be disrespectful for someone on TV. there are diferent ways and reasons, but I think the most common are what I just listed...
hopes this helps!

I don't know, I feel the same way though. I am thirteen.

I am respectful to my parents and my Neighbors act like it's okay to be so ungrateful and so disrespectful. Although I admit I can be rather disrespectful, I normally do not and am very grateful to have two parents to give me everything I have. I consider myself spoiled although I am not, because I was blessed with two nice parents that some children don't have. MY neighbor (12) literally begs for a toy or Video Game everyday, and eventually gives in to him, and the next day he acts as if he's so unlucky and he's got nothing. He has every Game System out there except for the PS3, and if he doesn't get what he wants, he calls his mom, a "non-spayed Female dog".

And his mom calls me spoiled. I don't have a fraction of what he has, except for parents that are raising me with tact and responsibility, that made me frugal and knowledgeable and wise with money.

You sound like a very respectful and wonderful person. Keep up the good work, we need more young kids like you around emmalism3568. You rock!

Thank you. =D If it helps I work at the Animal Shelter also.

Good job!

I am 15, I am a very angry person and always have disturbing thoughts and dreams. These days we no things at a youger age. I have 2 older brothers and whenever they found something out they told me. So I knew about sex and possitions at the age of about 7. I think what makes kids like me angry is that adults treat us like we no nothing which we do, also all kids these days as more spoilt so they expect more.

Also if kids are not angry they are seen as a target by andry kids so they get beaten up or bullied. I live in birmingham and most people are angry, in my school there is a fight like 2 days a week. You get repect for winning a fight so less people will start on you. I have a lot of respect from people because of my brotheres reputation and their friends, so I never get bullied, and everybody are my friends :]

I'm a teen and this is what I think is up... society has completely changed since you were raised. So many of us don't have parents at home or come from split parents. We were basically left to raise ourselves and this is going to make us angry at all aduls in general. Therefore, adults are often seen as the enemy... if your kid hasn't had this happen its likely that their friend has and they want to relate to their friend by hating their parents too (it happened to me) Also, the media shows gangs and that it is "cool" to be violent and rude... lets face it, this generation is all about being as bad as you can be.

I think most of you are insensitive to people like me. my mom was a crack addict. my grandpa was shot and my grandma also did drugs and still does. im a very independent person and dont care about anyone. I cant explain why im rebelious I just was born that way. adults lie to us that to the point we stop being respectfull. you treat us like we are something you guys can walk all over. we are still people and we belive we should be treated like everyone else. go screw yoself and stop talkin about people like me who didnt chose to live the way we do