[Willie Green]

I grew up watching Little House on the Prairie, 14 year-olds getting married and starting families, how did our youds become so much dumber in the intervening years.

Charles & Caroline Ingalls didn't have a boob tube in their home.
That's the appliance that dumbs down the kids and turns them into obese little couch potatoes.

[discostu]

I still think it's because we're telling them they're stupid. We expect nothing from our teenagers and it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. Why should they start acting like responsible adults only to be told they're irresponsible kids?