The lack respect starts at home by the parents. My husband works at a primary school the most problem are the boys. If they are not happy at school they just walk off the grounds and the teacher are trying to find them or they ring their parents and they pretend they don't understand English.

It is lack of discipline by the parents, pure and simple...when I see a child misbehaving, I hear parents say, they're only kids...excusing their behaviour...sorry, that doesn't wash with me, you begin to teach a child right and wrong as soon as they begin crawling, a small tap on the fingers or bum whilst saying 'no' soon shows a child what they can and cannot do and they learn pretty quick...but...they have to be taught...being allowed to jump on furniture, run through your home, play ball inside your home, open cupboards, jump on beds,, dart in and out of people while running in a shopping centre... that is totally not acceptable behaviour for a child. This might not seem to worry parents of today but if a child is allowed to do this, then as they age it progresses to other things...on top of this you have social media, how often do you see toddlers playing with their parent's mobile phones...this progresses to video games which in my opinion can change children's temperaments...I saw it firsthand with both of my sons when they played video games, they became aggressive...their playing was limited to one hour only per day and only after their homework and chores were done...it is hard work to say 'no' to a child. It is evident in some teenagers these days that they clearly have never been told 'no'...it is appalling. Whatever the reason, kids lack respect, it ends up showing up in the amount of juvenile crime world wide...something is clearly not working -- I stand by the saying that it all begins in the home!

Well,lots of reasons. Many already mentioned. Speaking only from the experiences I have had with my youngest,who is sixteen. He is angry. At alot of things. We talk alot about everything and his main peeve is..all generations before his have stuffed the planet. Talk to him about climate change and envoirnmental issues or even politics and he wants to know why nothing has been achieved to improve our current situation. We have apparently been making the world worse. Pollution overpopulation,conflict,racism. He has very strong,and unfortunately not really incorrect or uniformed views about where we are headed if changes aren't made in a global point of view. He reads alot,current affairs,is a history buff and pro active enviornmental/climate change analysis enthusiast. Clever kid,very annoying. Can't wait to see what the next generation will bring,and say about his generation.

"These days" I think there have been all sorts of "problems" throughout all the generations of young ones. In some areas I don't think technology helps and we tend to hear a lot more with what is going on, TV news and social media.

home discipline, respect for elders, personal appearance, learning structures, weak school discipline.. we as parents and the older generation are responsible. What you allow, you essentially approve.Edited 06-Mar-23 05:06am

This is a common theme throughout history: elderly people think that youths are wayward, youths think that the elderly are grumpy, every generation seems to be worse than the last. But in the grand scheme of things youths are just being youths and act according to their influence and cultural norms. Here's some good quotes from a few old timers: Socrates: "Children; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. They no longer rise when elders enter the room, they contradict their parents and tyrannize their teachers. Children are now tyrants.” Plato: " No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education " So in a nutshell, youths are just behaving as they always have. But yes child upbringing is the most important for determining a child's character later in life so if you want good kids then you need to be the best role model for them and the best educator that you can be.

It became popular during the ‘70’s to allow young children the ‘freedom of self-expression’ which in English means, “withholding discipline to allow freedom of expression” or at least that’s how a pre-school teacher explained kids misbehaving to me.

Kids will always test boundaries and older people will always believe that kids when they were young respected all. Exceptions to everything but don't we all believe our age group new best, older people ruined everything and younger people know nothing.Edited 06-Mar-23 12:55pm

Children 'copy' their parents' behavior. If the PARENT is being disrespectful to someone/anyone (based on their gender, race, career choice. etc.), then the child is going to do the same thing (exactly to a T). It is easy to blame the child - it is hard for society to accept the fact - it is strictly the PARENT(S)' fault. My personal observation is that the general population wants to have children, but do not want to take the time/responsibility to raise their children - expect the school system and other government agencies to raise their children. Furthermore, parents give you more excuses for NOT doing their job (raising their child), then politicians do - for not doing their job. However, let the child turn out GREAT - it is because of their parenting skill. If the child turns out to be a ' problem child'- it is definitely not the parent fault - the blame is put on school systems and other government agencies (parents masquerading as politicians - LOL)!Edited 05-Mar-23 17:00pm

Mine don't lack respect, but they don't fear or resent me as I did my sociopathic, controlling, father.

As every generation ages, they complain about how ‘kids these days’ are worse than they used to be. There are plenty of complaints going back through the ages basically saying the same thing. So are kids getting worse? Not necessarily. A study I was reading about shows that adults that are well read, think kids don’t read enough, adults that are smart, think kids aren’t as smart as they used to be etc. And we may be just programmed to complain, as the generations before us complained about us. Now I don’t know how many kids you interact with personally, but I have a lot to do with teenagers, and I seem to get plenty of respect from them.

my parents have had my respect for all of my life even though they passed years ago, they gave me their best and I gave them mine, I think influencers and social media contribute significantly to the lack of respect with kids today, I look after my grandkids and I know they respect me because they know I give them my best and I respect their opinion on matters and issues, they know they get my full support with whatever is thrown at them and us, we do things together arts, craft sports, charity work and each of them supports what any of them might do, and they tend to be like that with their friends, I have plenty of time now I am retired not saying parenting is easy far from it, but the more you put in the more you take out and I have been proud and smiling for a good 2 years now, also very proud of my 3 kids as well they have all made great strides and advances in their lives