Their only cultural immersion is what's on TV, usually MTV. Seen MTV lately?
They have no value or appreciation for knowledge or education. No basic instruction in manners. No respect for any authority.
They are really eternal 6 year olds and never mature beyond that.
They are less civilized than Islamic Arabs.
In CA you can see this in spades.
If you are in a nice part of town composed mostly of two-parent households (even if not the original parents), kids are generally well-behaved and respectful as they have learned that behavior from their parents.
Head to the other side of town and the exact opposite is true.
It's Lord of the Flies on a truly grand scale.
“They have no value or appreciation for knowledge or education. No basic instruction in manners. No respect for any authority... In CA you can see this in spades.”
Old farts grousing about kids has a long, long history. To me, painting kids with a broad brush says more about the grouser than the grousee. I’ll put my CA kids behavior, knowledge, and respect up against anyone’s kids any day.
But it seems you and Socrates agree:
“The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority, they show disrespect to their elders.... They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and are tyrants over their teachers.”
Some attitudes never change.