Why are kids so ungrateful nowadays.

Now I am not talking about every single kid in the world. Just a large majority. I feel like a lot of kids today are ungrateful as f*ck. One day my cousin and just happened to both be sleeping over my grandmothers house. My grandma let us keep the TV on when she had to work the next day. She told us to watch the movie on the channel and to stay on the channel. When the movie was over me and my cousin both were still awake. It was like 11:00 at night. He asked if I could to the channel. I said no since our grandmother said not to change the channel. He went on a hissy fit and woke my grandma up just because he didn't want to stay on the channel. How ungrateful is that. When I was 9 I would be happy that I was even allowed to watch TV unsupervised. Does anyone remember when you got up Saturday morning to watch whatever came on. Now kids just say ( I have heard a kid say this) " Can't we just watch it on on demand". Like seriously. Does anyone know why kids are so spoiled and ungrateful now.

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@zombietag: I know it is. -_-

oh boy, not another "My generation sucks thread."

@moywar700: Yup. Until it stops sucking theses are still going to pop up.

@The Stegman said:

lack of respect due to lack of punishment.

...Thank god you are not a father...

@Deadcool: I think lack of discipline would have been a better way to put it. When I was a kid I knew that when I did bad things there would be consequences unfortunately now days many seem to believe that any effort to discipline kids is the same as abusing children. While I am against beating kids I do believe that they should know when they do something wrong there will be consequences. Not only does it lead to better behaved kids, it better prepares them to deal with the real world cause when these kids whose parents spoil rotten and act like their children can do no wrong get out in the real world they're gonna get crushed cause they'll go out believing the world owes them something just for being alive and won't know how to deal with it when they find out the world doesn't see it that way.

@The Stegman: My dad never punished me, neither my mom, they just talked to me more often...

@The Stegman said:

lack of respect due to lack of punishment.

high five bro

I learned how to behave watching the Cosby Show, but to watch TV I had to make it past the dog fights, dirty needles and gang shootouts in the living room.

“Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.” - Socrates

The fact is the opinion you have is not a recent one caused by lax discipline or modern society. It seems that every generation has been thought of as spoiled and rude by the one that preceded them. My theory on why this is is because even though technology and culture does change over time I feel that if you all look back on your childhood, and I mean really look back without using the lens of rationality and justification you'll find that odds are you were a little c*nt too. I know I was.

I find it funny when kids talk about their parents sucking for not buying them a video game or for grounding them, while I still flinch at the sight of hot wheel tracks thanks to my dad ( I DO NOT recommend his style of discipline to anyone).

@Nova`Prime`: It was a very effective way of telling me to get the hell out of sight when dad brought home a case of beer. But actual discipline was something I learned from my Grandpa

@Nova`Prime`: Yes but it wasn't because of my dad, it was because my Grandpa knew of something more effective than an ass whipping, Work, when we lived with him and we did something wrong it meant all our free time for the next week would be dedicated to working our asses off none of that soft grounding and time out BS kids get today, he was of the theory if you broke a window then you were going to learn how to fix a window.

@Swagger462: My uncle once told me you're not truly an adult until you realize how much of a prick you were as a kid

@NovaPrime Exactly. I hate those types.

@Nova`Prime`: All good parents know a kid needs discipline, some kids a talking to works, some need something harsher (not abuse but an actual punishment) but what doesn't work is coddling, it leads to not just spoiled kids but also worthless adults whose only real shot at success is reality TV

@joshmightbe said:

@Nova`Prime`: All good parents know a kid needs discipline, some kids a talking to works, some need something harsher (not abuse but an actual punishment) but what doesn't work is coddling, it leads to not just spoiled kids but also worthless adults whose only real shot at success is reality TV

This, I once read that hitting never works. This article was basically saying that if you hurt the child you're teaching them not to get caught, not to not do it. It also said the best way to teach a child is to non physically punish them and explain to them why what they did was wrong. I know every 10 years some new dipsh*t with all the answers comes along and tells everyone why they're terrible parents but this makes sense to me.

@Swagger462: Talking it out literally never worked with me because I was a little asshole and basically considered a talking session getting away with it. When my mom would sit me down to explain why something I did was wrong I'd nod like I agreed with her then when she was gone i went right back to doing it, now when my dad told me not to do something I did it cause I was afraid I'd get hit. Neither of those ways worked. My Grandpas method was effective because while it still kept me from doing what I wanted to do it wasn't anything I was terrified but it still got it in my head that I was sweating or freezing my ass off depending on the season because I did something wrong.

@joewell: I didn't say hit I said punish. There are plenty of ways to punish a kid without hitting them for instance once when I was a kid me and a few of my cousins accidentally burned down my Grandpas shed because we were playing with fire. Instead of a beating that year we learned how to rebuild a shed and re shingle the roof of his house. And anyone whose ever had to re shingle a roof in the middle of August knows if you aren't getting paid and you don't have power tools that is a punishment.

@Phaedrusgr: Hard work is the most effective punishment, it teaches discipline, responsibility and sometimes valuable skills that you may need as an adult.

@Rumble Man said:

@The Stegman said:

lack of respect due to lack of punishment.

high five bro

this

No discipline, too many parents trying to be their kids friends instead of their parents / authority figures and the new age parenting BS that leads to feelings of entitlement and extremely self centered behavior.

Prime example is the story about a 15 yr old in Ohio that played CoD 4 DAYS STRAIGHT!! The kids too stupid to eat and drink, the parents are too stupid to realize letting a 15 yr old play video games 4 days straight isn't healthy and they didn't take him to the ER until he passed out twice. WTF ?!?! They all need to be sterilized and not allowed to reproduce.

@Avenging-X-Bolt said:

"these days". Yup because it's not like every generation has said this about another since the freakin dawn of time.

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@Swagger462 said:

“Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.” - Socrates

The fact is the opinion you have is not a recent one caused by lax discipline or modern society. It seems that every generation has been thought of as spoiled and rude by the one that preceded them. My theory on why this is is because even though technology and culture does change over time I feel that if you all look back on your childhood, and I mean really look back without using the lens of rationality and justification you'll find that odds are you were a little c*nt too. I know I was.

Basically this, people in this thread are ridiculous. If the human race still exists in a thousand years people will still be complaining about this exact same thing

I promise you all, I am not racist in any way. I am not trying to pin a race card or anything like that. I just thought this was really funny and belongs in this thread.

I think this applies to spoiled kids vs disciplined kids.

Honestly I don't think beating helps too much. My parents would whip me with a belt on the back and bum when I did something bad, and they would yell at me too. You know what happened? I just got tougher. eventually I wouldnt cry or anything. But I acted well because i would kinda get ashamed of myself, so my parents didnt need to beat me.