Why are kids such brats

[Nikolaz72]

Because kids are having kids nowadays. All the slutty, dumb girls from my school had children at about 14/15 despite not being mature enough or financially stable.
It's down to a mix of bad parenting and kids getting in the wrong crowd. They're the sort of kids who, if you look into their eyes, you can see prison and drugs unless they buck their ideas up.
Sooo, ignore them, laugh because you have a job and they don't and let nature take it's course with them.

Well theres still the possibility of them growing a brain but staying brat.. You know? Survival of the Complainiest.

Also. 50 years ago 13-14 yearolds would go out and beat up their classmates, experiment with drugs. Go hooligan at a rock conce--- Where im going is that ITS BEEN WORSE we just THINK it was better back then because of the media. I mean. Back then it was considered bad if you broke a window. Now its considered bad if you try to drive a bike without a helmet or dont do your homework.

I mean, kids language have gotten worse and symbols more offensive. But like soceity they have developed. Instead of using action they now solve their issues with words. Very dull, very offensive. But its still words.

 

[Criquefreak]

As far as spankings/beatings go, it seems more likely to promote rebellion at the same time as allowing parents to abuse a child rather than discipline them. The fact that public acts of this sort would get the parents into legal trouble, thus reinforcing the idea that the child can do anything they want and their parents can't do anything to stop them.

There is a difference between beating and spanking. I do not promote beating. I just had another convo where a person developed issues because of spanking. Spanking is not supposed to dramatically hurt the child. It is to get their attention and make them listen. It's not even supposed to hurt all that much. The rare times I got in trouble my mother would stop me, give me a swift spank with my pants on so it didn't really hurt and make me look her in the eyes. Then she would tell me "You see those people looking at you? They don't appreciate the way you are acting and I don't either." The fact that I was bothering other people and the humiliation it brought made me want to stop. Of course this would not work on everybody, and I want to get it across I do not condone beating/abuse. If it hurts the child to the point it makes them cry or bruises them, its too hard. Also I agree with the rest of your post.

It's rare when I hear about parents with such a degree of self control. It's equally uncommon to have a child who doesn't interpret even mild pain inflicted by parents as acceptable regular behavior to be used any time someone's acting in a manner deemed unacceptable on a personal level. It's a common point in many medical professions that no two persons are equal and that it's best to learn to diagnose and apply 'treatment' to a problem to the best of one's knowledge and adjust when necessary. I'd imagine a similar point could be easily made of raising a child, especially in what will work as a disciplining method. In any case, lack of education in how to raise and discipline one's children is likely to lead to problems and misinterpretation of popular trends (as spanking once was).

 

[Kenko]

Only reason they swear and act like douches is because you cant grab them and scold them without getting arrested for assault some bullshit like that. There's no consequence for their actions until they are adults and never get jobs because they're fucking idiots because their parents were pathetic excuses for human beings unable to even control their kids. Ive got 1 solution. A LICENSE FOR CHILDREN! Not all people should be allowed to breed in modern society. Losing a few schmucks will only make the planet a better place while we make global overpopulation less of a problem. 2 birds with 1 rock!

 

[ChicagoTed]

Why are they like that you say because parents never give their kids a good smack across the rear these days. Picture this during the 60's and 70's in the UK if you were a kid and insulted somebody for no good reason that person would have full permision to pick you up by both ears and drag you home and tell your parents. Once your parents found out then they would give you a good smack around and anybody else who happend to be in your house at the time and then you would pray that your grandparents didn't find out. Ask any adult born in Britain born during those times and they will tell you the exact same thing. My parents would give me a smack across the rear or hand in public if I fucked up and the humiliation of it all hurt alot more then one of my parents striking me and you know what I turned out just fine as an adult.

 

[Wintermoot]

maybe the world is turning in an asshole or maybe because parents are only raising kids with a carrot and without a stick

 

[Sideromelane]

I had to register, just to bring a real world example to this thread.

I was beaten as a child.

Not only for misdemeanors, but for not shutting doors quietly enough, playing with legos too loud or reading too much. I was thrown down stairs for refusing to toss out school science books from the previous year, I wanting to keep them because they were USEFUL, but they were trash taking up space.

I was beaten, badly, and now...

I get along with my father. He made mistakes, and feels guilty about it. I have a home, a job, dog at my feet and my bills are due to be paid, but thats for payday.
I have no criminal record, have never smoked, rarely drink alcohol, never done ANY drug stronger than stuff prescribed to me by my doctor (I once had a really shitty job, was depressed as hell), and can cook for myself.

My younger brother was pampered. Was rarely smacked, always got away with 'it' and always got the spot on the sofa, the playstations, the designer shoes etc etc.

He will be attending court next week on breaking and entering charges, will spend time in the police cells, and will have to pay a fine/do community service. He is just recovering from a crystal meth... I hesitate to say 'addiction' but he took a lot of the stuff. He smokes, drinks, sleeps around, and is generally what I would normally call scum.

So at the end of the day, those people clamoring that hitting a child leads to violence and abuses later in thier own life?

Bull.
Shit.

I never plan to have children. My personal belief is that humanity needs to stop breeding so damn much and reduce thier numbers to a couple of billion, instead of it's current, what, eight bill now? But thats another matter.

However, I would, if I did have children, give them a good smack now and then to keep them straight. Sure, they will resent me for it, and why not? I resented what was done to me. But by the Lords of Kobol, I wouldn't disrespect my elders or burgle a place for drug money!

(Also, I swear, a lot. But thats a Scottish thing. ^_^ )

 

[TheHecatomb]

I think one of the problems is that we're so utterly obsessed with not discriminating anyone that we've become afraid to admit that some kids just need a harsher treatment. Wind the clock back half a century. If some kid badmouthed you (you being an adult), you'd slap him across the ears, or he'd be beaten by his dad or his teacher. Nowadays, people would say or rather whisper the kid has a certain syndrome of such and such, and that we should all treat him like a full and equal member of society. The annoying kid is made a victim of some condition, and NO ONE shall touch the poor little kid with the condition. We've lost our spines man.

 

[Legendary Alucard]

 

[Mcface]

Man i would love to see a kid yell that at someone..

 

[selce]

because we know more than you and we know that!

no but really, im with you, i cant stand kids that dont have any sense of manners at all or are so unpleasant to be around its sickening.

 

[Mcface]

Man i would love to see a kid yell that at someone..

yell what at someone? sentences without direction is a statement, and your statement is incomplete.

The OP only said there was kid yelling in one instance.
self explanatory.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

Because most "parents" nowadays don't actually parent their kids. It's like it's uncool or something.

So true, sadly.

 

[SwagLordYoloson]

One day i aspire to create a nation similar to that of the mandalorians, a war bred people who live to die, and their discipline is off the scale, with all the killing and epic fight scenes, people won't have time to screw over their kids, and instead they will be separated at birth and sent to the academy, where they will be raised into ruthless killing machines

 

[Ldude893]

It's either poor discipline by the parents or bad influences from the media, friends, school and/or parents. Of course, not all kids are like that, there are still nice, polite and sensible kids out there in this world.