Do you think kids nowdays are mouthier than 20 years ago?

Yes they are mouthier, but it all goes back to the parents. The parents are suppose to teach them how to be as children. They won't know until being taught. My children know not to speak to me at all while talking to another adult or while being on the phone. It's all how they are raised. Some parents just don't care.

I agree that kids nowadays are mouthier than kids in my days. It can be the reason that the world is getting smaller and smaller with TV programmes from different countries and Internet which enjoys great popularity that they have learnt so much. Their gaining knowledge is also helping make them mouthier.

LOL, are you kidding, if my mother even thought I was thinking half of what these kids say now a days, I would have gotten it bit time. I don't understand, it's seems that kids don't respect their parents at all and they are not afraid of any consequences for their actions. I mean you have kids standing in courts tell the judge to his face "SO!". It's scary what has happened to the last few generations. I think fear to correct kids is partly to blame. Parents can't even raise their voices without fear the neighbor will call Child Protection. It's crazy.

When I was a child we would never dream of speaking to adults they was some kids do today. I had my fair share of punishment for being mouthy as a kid, the worst having my mouth washed out with soap. You try doing that to kids today and the next moment the authorities would be on your neck for child abuse.

well sure, gone are the days when kids minded authority. times have changed and the attitude is picked up at school and other places. at the school my daughter goes to, its nothing to hear a grade 2 kid swear...a lot of it has to do with parenting...

The kids today are mouthier because parents have allowed it. They are not being taught to respect other people and are not corrected about their behavior. Too many parents use the TV as a way to keep the kids occupied and most TV shows show kids that act that way so they think it is ok for them.

Yes, I do think kids are worse in many ways than 20 years ago. But some people seem to forget is that these mouthy children are the children of those kids of 20 years ago. All kids can be mouthy and it's not a new thing. The thing we have now is that people don't teach their kids to not be like that. 20 years ago it was normal and acceptable for parents to discipline their kids, there were other authority figures around all the time and kids respected them. Now, there are no police or anything around, and when they are they are abused because they can't do anything. People think we have come forward in the past 20 years with all this working families where kids are left with someone other than their parents and the anti-smacking campaigners. But instead of making things better, it's created brats because kids are not prepared for life and we're supposed to share our children's upbringing with someone else while we're too busy earning money or whatever and we're not supposed to punished kids physically so instead we spend hours yelling at them or politely saying "please don't do that" and obviously this as no effect. Personally, I know my kids aren't perfect but neither of them (nor my 14 year old nephew for that matter) have been too much trouble and I have every confidence that the reason for this and for their continuing to be good and respectful is because I am not afraid to stick to traditions and I'm not going to be coerced into thinking that something is right for them when it isn't. Maybe if more parents did that and decided they were taking back their rights to "parent" as they see fit without interference from those who don't have a clue, then there might be more children growing up to be as good as we were 20 years ago. Saying that though, there are plenty of people around my age (I'm 26) who are just as horrible as kids so there must be something which started going wrong before this generation of bad parents - where did those bad parents come from?

hello there laurla..welcome to mylot..and yes i agree with you so much..Its insane..its either the parents just dont care what is coming out there kids mouths,,and i have seen it start so young and they act like its so cute and then it just gets worse..ORRR..you have the parents that try and do soemthing and the child threatens with going to the police or children services..its all crap.,,i dont believe in beating a child..but i believe in disapline and noo child of mine wil talk to me like that and get away with it..

It is AMAZING to me how disrespectful children have become in such a short period of time! You would think that they were being raised by wolves! I think part of it has to do with the self-absorption of their parents. Parents tend to be too busy living their own lives, chasing their own dreams, to invest the time that it takes to become an authority figure in their children's lives. My own mother worked as a legal secretary for many years before starting her own business. Very successful, yet demanding schedule. Still, she was always the authority for me and my sibs. And she didn't beat us. She took the time to talk to us, laugh with us, go to church and school with us. My mother actually read to us, virtually every night, until I was about 10 years old. She was no saint, she was a young, divorced mother of 3 little kids. She did have the help and support of her parents, though. I know that made a difference. A lot of present day grandparents are young enough to still be dating and "finding themselves". I can remember so clearly the feeling of actually looking up to and admiring my mother. She was not just someone I wanted to "get away from" or "be done with", I sought her approval and affection because I knew that it was there for me. As far as discipline, my mother could shoot a look at you that would freeze you in your tracks! I'm not kidding! I noticed that my own children would respond to the same kind of disapproving look from me. I wondered why. I was VERY insistent upon not hitting my children, why, then would they cringe away from merely a look? I realized that they simply LIKED me, they wanted to be liked by me and wouldn't run the risk of their behavior changing that. They would seldom lie because I didn't lie to them and instilled in them the respect for truth and the rightful confidence and security that comes from being an honest person. They knew that they could speak freely to me about their thoughts and feelings and they were respectful. They were not and are not perfect - but they are respectful and they are teaching their children to to be respectful (without beating them) Parents, nowadays, are not taking the time and energy to instill character and honor in their children. Children are getting their behavioral models from bad tv, unintelligent music and violent media in general, including and, perhaps especially, video games. I can't believe some of the horrible "games" that parents are buying for their preteens and spending hundreds of dollars to do so. Some of these same parents claim to not be able to afford music lessons or tutoring for their children. I wonder where this is all headed. It doesn't bode well for our society.