Look at Yourself: Teaching your Kids How to Live.
I often grit my teeth when I hear parents, grandparents, teachers, or other adults say "kids these days are so......" (insert appropriate complaint here). This reaction comes from two issues; it sounds very much like something an old person would say and the complaints are an attempt to deflect blame for children's behaviors onto the kids themselves without the adults taking responsibility for their part in it. It also makes today's adults sound as if they were above the behaviors when they were children. However; many of the parents I hear or see (in the case of social media) make these comments are people I knew when they were younger and I am well aware of their behavior problems just as I am of my own. Many of us whether we like to admit it or not, talked back to our parents, sneaked out of the house, viciously fought with or siblings, and demonstrated many other undesirable behaviors. Why? Because it is the nature of the beast. It is part of their sin nature