I feel like when I was a kid damn near any adult could get ne in trouble with whatever adult was in charge of me. Wvery grown up was a potential snitch to my parents, aunts, uncles and grandparents. Of course I found it annoying but it also meant their was a level of disruptivness that I knew could get me in trouble even if my parents didn’t directly witness it.
Today I feel like I see kids running around in places they shouldn’t run. Screaming and throwing the biggest tantrums. Not just little kids. I’ve been cursed out by 12cyear Olds for not giving them money because they were essentially begging. Kids just seem poorly behaved as if their are no consequences. But what I don’t know is if things have changed from me growing up in the 90s or if I’m just being the “kids these days” old man.
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You’re a curmudgeon
“Random adults can’t discipline any random children” isn’t a problem to be solved.
Parents haven’t gotten worse per se, but with the existence of phones and tablets lazy parents are able to raise shittier kids these days.
You’re not crazy, parenting has shifted a lot. We went from “everyone’s aunt can beat you with a flip-flop” to “don’t tell my kid no, it hurts his aura.” Kids aren’t worse, but boundaries are blurrier and screens raised half of them…
I’m becoming a parent and I wouldn’t let my kid do half of the stuff I’ve seen. If I go grocery shopping and my kid is walking, they’re going to have a leash backpack so they don’t wander into other people’s paths, especially tall people not looking down. It’s just bizarre how much people expect you to mind their children in public but you can’t get annoyed with them for screaming or running in places they shouldn’t.
Omg. Parent’s let their kids run loose at church!
Culture has definitely shifted to a “its not my problem” and “dont parent my child” mentality. Kids don’t recieve as much feedback on proper social etiquette by people other than their parents. People are scared of “overstepping” even when a child is doing something obviously wrong or at times even dangerous and a parent isn’t disciplining
Im 25 and I agree with you. Parents are way too permissive of kids behavior in a stupid effort to not be like their “terrible boomer” parents who were too hard on them and not there for them emotionally. Thats not your fckin job as a parent. Your job is to keep them alive and not let them become little monsters. I just saw another post where a dad was talking about how he punished his son for harrassing and old lady and his wife and the rest of the adults involved were mad at him too.
I’m happy that other adults can’t punish kids. Ain’t your fucking business
I’m a 90s kid and you’re exactly right! Our parents had eyes all over town. If we acted up, best believe they were going to know about it by the end of the day. And whatever adult saw it was going to scold us in the meantime.
Now nobody wants anybody saying anything to their precious child. God forbid you tell their little angel to stop vandalizing public property or cussing at toddlers on the playground, now the parents want to fight you because “you have no right to tell my kids what to do!” 😑 so these little fuckers walk around feeling like Billy Badass because nobody can tell them anything without mommy and daddy coming to defend them instead of disciplining them.
If you tell the child not to take the candy bar from the rack, their parent whips around and yells at you for speaking to their child.