Losing connection to humanity

That's so truly said. Children are really out of control these days. Why are they behaving like this is really mystery to me. As you said, they also don't show respect to their elders, the way our generation used to do that. They don't respect the authorities, and as you said, they want to have an impact of their own. Breaking rules is like being macho thing for them. What's also interesting is that the way you observed how children behave these days, it shows that generally this generation is overall behaving in the same way as they are behaving there or here. And it would not be exaggeration to say that the same my be the condition in various countries of the world. It's really getting difficult generation by generation.

@LindaOHio I'll say, parenting is an issue everywhere. It's not easy even in India here. Off late, there are a certain newly created laws for school-going kids, how they should be handled in schools by teachers, etc. And it looks like that has become a boon for the students. Teachers find it really difficult to manage the students which was comparatively easier a generation back.

@abhi_bangal And parents have to be so careful how they discipline the children here in the US.

Everything has become noisy these days, especially the lifestyle, fashion, the gadgets and articles we need to use in our daily life... everything. In a developing country like our's the value of money is fast decreasing. A decade back what the value of Rupee 1 was, is not the same today. Also if you see like 2 to 3 decades back the percentage of poor people is not what it was then. People are sufficiently well-to-do these days and the race to earn money seems like it's going to be a never-ending race. In any kind of market if you see the sellers are offering a certain thing priced 10 or 20 rupees more than what the normal price should have been. Because they know that people are capable of paying those extra 20-30 rupees. The figures that I mentioned, are only for the sake of example. Now you can multiple them by keeping various sectors in front of your eyes, like IT sector or real estate, etc. When there is such a race to earn money, who will give value to customs, cultures, and traditions? That's why I feel "garbh sanskar" are quite important.

So truly said. There's nothing like compassion and love left. But on second thoughts, could that loss of compassion and love could be because of immaturity? I mean, kids aren't that mature enough to understand what feelings are. Just my thoughts. They are far from reality. Don't know what's going to happen in the next 3 to 4 generations...

I think this some Sab everything that we have top so far. Change is permanent as I have always read. And most of the times it's true. And I think that's nature's cycle to keep things changing. If everything were permanent, there wouldn't be any fun left in living. But I think moral values like respect to the elders or the kids listening to their parents, etc shouldn't change. Some things are better when they are permanent.

That's not wrong what you are saying. Traditions are in place. They are there where they need to be. It's up to us to decide what we have to follow. By the way, yes, change is constant.

Exactly. You pointed out two things in the very first sentence, mentioning "kids" and "not understanding the values and purposes" of many things. I won't put anyone else's example, but my own. My father used to guide me and try to make me see sense in a lot of things as a child. But I was more irresponsible and always took things slightly. I didn't understand why my father was telling me certain things to do. But now as an adult, I really miss those days and feel like what he was telling me was for the good of me after all. And sometimes I feel like it's too late to carry out what he had guided me to do. So, I try to follow those things that I should have followed long long back.

Without a doubt. We used to respect our teachers, our parents, our elderly people some us. There was a sense of both fear and respect in that. It's nowhere to be seen today