Do you think that using kids from Lost Angeles is really a good example? Kids in Iowa generally don’t act like this unless they’re from seriously messed up families.
Funny you should use Iowa as an example. I lived there from 1974 to 2001. Yes, many children in Iowa act exactly like those cited in the article. As many as in Los Angeles? Hard to say, but Iowa isn’t what it used to be. I remember riding a bus to work in Des Moines and being astonished by the thug-like behavior and language of the high school students riding the bus to school. That was in the 1990’s.