WHAT THE HELL is wrong with the youth of today?

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Watching a doco on UK young people.. (Sorry if I sound old? Maybe I am?)  We do have the same probs here but.... NOT to the same degree.

Young ladies (I use the term loosely), lifting shirts to flash their cortège in public.  Skirts so short you can see there.....  theres no way they can walk, let alone sit down without showing the world what they own!....  

Young men (also i also use the words loosely, hooligans is prob more fitting. Wouldnt want to be my son. I believe in gentleman, manners, etc) hitting people...(for no reason)   just out to compare a count for the night if they're are not sick or sleeping in a gutter.

Whats going on in the world???
I used to get a smack if I was insubordinate / disrespectful to the back of the head if I didnt stand on public transport for an elder!

We were taught respect!

I had fun, but this has gone too far! The stories I could tell, but never this sort of behaviour. It will come back to haunt them. They will be ashamed in the future of their behaviour.

WOULD YOU WANT YOUR DAUGHTER TO BEHAVE LIKE THAT??? WHAT ABOUT YOUR SON?

HOW PROUD WOULD YOU BE OF THEM?

Apologies, This was not the way I grew up & I am ashamed at the behaviour!

Right... rant over! 

Edit: the typos are killing me. Need to proof read better.

I haven't read the whole thread but my 2 cents:

For me it comes down to Education. If you have some education and a drive to better yourself, you're not going to act like some idiot.
Saddest is that these days it's cool to be 'stupid' and act like a hooligan. Kids have no self respect or ambition and without those how are you going to behave?

Watch the movie Idiocracy. Although a satirical comedy it touches a very real issue.

I think you've touched on a key point there, Theresa: drive. A person can have all the chances in the world to better themselves, but they have to give themselves the motivation to actually do something about it.

Also tv shows (Jersey Shore comes to mind quickly) feed into that whole ridiculousness. These are the kids role models these days. These are the people they shape themself after.
What scares me most is that the 13 year olds of today will one day be my Doctors and Oncologists.

Shisa wrote:
For me it comes down to Education. If you have some education and a drive to better yourself, you're not going to act like some idiot.
Saddest is that these days it's cool to be 'stupid' and act like a hooligan. Kids have no self respect or ambition and without those how are you going to behave?