Is it just me or are kids becoming bigger brats these days?

Yes it is a product of little or no disipline.

I find most kids are better behaved than they used to be or maybe they are just more scared of me.

Every generation thinks the upcoming generation is going to Hell in a handbasket.
And perhaps they are.
And the sun comes up tomorrow, and life goes on.

Kids are kids. If they aren’t taught, they won’t know. If a kid grabbed a bag of suckers out of my hand I would have had NO problem taking the bag back, asking, “Would you like a sucker?” If she said, “Yes,” I would have said, “Yes, what” and then, if she complied, handing her ONE sucker, and instructing her to say “Thank you.” Part of the problem, I think, is that it’s become a “no no” to instruct other people’s children. I don’t particularly worry about that because I tend to get mad and just react!

There ya go @noelleptc ! And NEVER underestimate the power of The Look. That lasts only a second can be done right in front of the parents who will never know.

Children want discipline and are begging for it. Dr Spock helped ruin this and many children now days are very disrespectful. Give them structure and expect them to be polite and they will. You don’t have to beat them or even hit them to accomplish this.

More like they’re becoming awesomer these days.

Only let them take one of what your giving them.

:DDDD
Life is SO AWESOME

I see kids in stores and movie theaters and restaurants running around and using foul language and hitting other children in ways which would have been unheard of when I was a kid.

It was truly shocking to hear a child use the F word or anything similar to that when I was a kid (and I’m not that old), because my own parents and the parents of my friends and our teachers would never have allowed it and who ever uttered the offending word would have been swiftly punished.

Also, it was uncommon back when I was a kid to see children running loose from their parents. Back then, you were expected to either hold your parent’s hand or sit in the grocery cart or otherwise stay nearby. But now I see toddlers completely left un-attended in stores and public restrooms. Plus you weren’t allowed to touch things in a store or grab things off the shelves or eat things right out of the bin, or even eat anything in a grocery store until it had been paid for. If you started whining or screaming, you were promptly taken out of the store and given a good talking to. It would have been completely embarrassing to kids my age to have been seen having a tantrum. Only little tiny babies cried and fussed in stores. Now kids from 2 to 17 pitch fits all over the place and the parents just let them. And back in the day, if you saw something wrong, you could simply give the parents a good long stare and that would usually get them to step up to the plate. Now it’s likely to get you screamed at or physically attacked.

Plus, back then, if you acted up in another family’s home, you could expect that you would be talked to, spanked or taken home immediately and that other mother or father would tell your parents exactly what you did. We learned what to do and not to do, not only from our own parents, but from our friend’s parents and other adult relatives as well. Today, nobody seems to be teaching children right from wrong, manners, how to dress modestly or age appropriately or how to behave politely.

No, I don’t think they are bigger brats. They are just different. Just as we were different from our parents and they were different from their parents. They are still young people trying to find their path in life and learn the lessons they need to learn. Sure there are examples of awful children, but there are plenty more examples of wonderful, amazing young people to. Most of them (like the rest of us) are a blend of both to differing degrees. As has been said, they still need to be taught and guided as they learn and they still they know more than all the adults they come across. Isn’t that par for the course when you are young? They might be more assertive than we were but if you had asked my parents, I am sure they would have said “she thinks she knows everything”.

10 and coming over to play with a 2 year old? Are there no other children on the block closer to her own age, or has she scared (or pissed ) them all off?

Yeah!!! If you watch Toddlers and Tiaras on TLC, you’d see that the behavior starts when theyre little, and if you encourage it; it turns into a big problem.

No.Those little bastards are all around the same height. ;)

I think kids are getting worse these days, but only because too many parents aren’t doing a good job disciplining them anymore. I’ve seen and heard of kids doing stuff that my mother would have killed me for if I’d done the same thing at their age.

In my limited experience as the parent of an adult child for awhile now, I can only compare ‘kids,’ in general, to a few I know that belong to friends and aquaintances.

Yes, these kids are spoiled, whiney and tantrum prone.
They range in age from 4— 11 and every time I am around them for more than 10 minutes someone is screaming, crying, yelling.
I know it sounds arrogant and cliche, but honestly…MY daughter NEVER behaved that way. lol

“Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BCE – 43 BCE)

I’m 25 and most of the people from my own generation terrify me. The worship of celebrities and rich people, the obsession with superficiality, the blind faith in and fetishism of technology…I can’t comment on kids being brats because I’m not exposed to them, but if they’re anything like my generation then I’d be afraid, and not because they’re rude.

Every generation thinks this and they have for hundreds of years and they will continue to do so. I guarantee I will think the exact same thing when I’m older.

I actually found the people who were in college about 7 or so years ago to be the worst I’ve encountered. Of course, that was the time period that I worked with college kids. They were so entitled and if they didn’t get what they wanted their parents would call and bitch me out for them. The whole “helicopter parent” phase.

2 10 year old girls have nothing to do but com and play with a 2 year old? Something smells here. She knows your mom will give them treats.

At 10 years old the girl should know the difference of what was being asked. I would be appauled if my 10 year old daughter did that. Also kind of rude to ask for other food without it being offered first.
The picture thing is to me not as much of a big deal unless she is outwardly saying her picture is better or deminishing the work of another child not matter the age difference.
It’s a function of her not being taught proper manners. Sadly, this is not the 10 year olds fault.

Kid’s aren’t the problem, adults are, their values seem to foster bratishness in the young. most kids respond well to mature interaction, and sincerity.

Here is what you do the next time. Just take one

My next door neighbor spanked me once. It was traumatic only because I DIDN’T DO THE DEED! HER DAUGHTER DID!!! Well, she spanked both of us. I’ve never forgotten the injustice. Years later I told Mom that the neighbor lady should have apologized. Mom said, “She did. She told me she was sorry because she found out you didn’t do it.”
I said, “Mom….she should have apologized to ME!” Even if I was only four years old!
I gotta find that woman!!

Good luck in your search!!

@noelleptc I gotta find the neighbor lady who spanked me when I was a little kid and make her apologize!

If I had penny for every-time a grown up has said to me, children are the future of a country.

I just think to myself, boy are they in for a surprise then.