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Originally Posted by The Other Guy I don't want to be the person who starts this thread, but no one else wants to start it either...
How bad is it at this point? Can parents even do anything to their kids? I'm not a fan of corporal punishment, but at least implement SOME sort of punishment.
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How bad is it?
well as Hesiod said back in 700 BC
"I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint."
This statement alone would indicate that little has changed in the perception of youth throughout history.
As to whether parents an do anything about about their kids well given that they are the only ones who really can do something you would hope so.
However I don't believe that youth are the problem, I see the problem lying squarely with parents and their lack of accountability (I once spoke to a man who told me that "he could not be responsible for what his 12 year old was doing at 2am" on a school night).
I am of the opinion that if the state started putting more emphasis on making parents responsible for the actions of their children there would be much less of an issue.