We've been reading and seeing this shit since Socrates.

“The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.”

Lets frame this a different way.

1. Crime has gone down in all measurements. (Theories state its likely lack of lead pollution.) 2. More people renting, and less engagement in the community. 3. People whining about kids these days 4. Older adults realizing they dont younger generation doing what they did 5. Kids now have more inhouse distraction (computers, games, etc) that their friends are on 6. Parent(s) working long hours and cant take kids to friends houses 7. Scare articles like this one whipping parents into a frightful frenzy