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cali

(114,904 posts) Wed Feb 6, 2013, 04:12 PM Feb 2013

Are kids today ruder and more disrespectful than they were in the past? [View all]

That's actually a question and not mere rhetoric, because I don't know. I rarely leave Vermont these days and the kids that I know or encounter, strike me as pretty wonderful. I have a 26 year old son and his friends couldn't be nicer. In 2011 I had an accident that left me disabled and it's a rare day when I'm out shopping that some kid doesn't offer to give me a hand. so maybe that's just living in a small community (and all of Vermont is a small community). I don't hear that kids are rude and disrespectful from the teachers I know.

Are we perhaps just being cantankerous oldsters, or are young people today lacking civility more than prior generations? If so, is social media and the anonymity of the internet part of that?

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Are kids today ruder and more disrespectful than they were in the past? [View all] cali Feb 2013 OP

and they are gobbling their food... AngryAmish Feb 2013 #1

Yes they are... Kalidurga Feb 2013 #2

They volunteer more and commit fewer crimes than their predecessors Recursion Feb 2013 #3

Yes Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #4

I don't think so. Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #5

You ain't just whistling Dixie jberryhill Feb 2013 #8

Bingo! nt. Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #15

oh starry, you made me laugh in the nicest of possible ways. cali Feb 2013 #9

Me too! Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #14

No jberryhill Feb 2013 #6

You need to define "the past" Proud Public Servant Feb 2013 #7

rude is in the eye of the beholder. hollysmom Feb 2013 #10

Maybe. Unfortunately, with all the back stabbers, cheats, etc., in society it might be a good Hoyt Feb 2013 #11

And are they on your lawn more? nt Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #12

some are. many are very nice. nt Deep13 Feb 2013 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #16

I find that people in general are meaner/ruder/more disrespectful. LeftofObama Feb 2013 #17

Our culture is more rude and disrespectful than it was in the past... Agnosticsherbet Feb 2013 #18

The phrase "Thank you" has Golden Raisin Feb 2013 #22

i don't see that as turning into more rude, more like just a change in culture, less formality JI7 Feb 2013 #23

I blame it on Cartman snooper2 Feb 2013 #30

Kids, what's the matter with kids today? REP Feb 2013 #19

Socialized very differently. Some ways for the better, some for the worse. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #20

Not at all, mitchtv Feb 2013 #21

What do you mean by Rude ? JI7 Feb 2013 #24

Message auto-removed TruffulaTree Feb 2013 #25

no, not at all rollin74 Feb 2013 #26

Yes. If I had said to my parents or another adult, "fuck you!" I'd have gotten raccoon Feb 2013 #27

Respect is a two way street tabbycat31 Feb 2013 #28

I can relate to this laundry_queen Feb 2013 #37

No, not necessarily...Depends on how you are with them... Tikki Feb 2013 #29

I think people in general are ruder and more disrespectful than they were in the past slackmaster Feb 2013 #31

No. temporary311 Feb 2013 #32

I was a baby boomer LeftInTX Feb 2013 #33

No, ma'am, I can't believe they are. AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #34

I think the level of cynicism has increased Joe Shlabotnik Feb 2013 #35

No more so than anyone else. surrealAmerican Feb 2013 #36

The kids I know are wonderful. Left and right. nolabear Feb 2013 #38