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<blockquote data-quote="fly2cast" data-source="post: 203836" data-attributes="member: 656">I'm going to disagree with most of you on this.&nbsp; I have 4 kids ranging from elementary age to college age. From what I have seen with my kids and their friends and other kids I see is that the kids today are way better kids than when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s.&nbsp; I discussed this subject with my dad a few months back.&nbsp; He even says today's kids are much better behaved than when he was growing up in the 50's and 60's.&nbsp; My sister grew up in the 70's and has been a teacher at a number of different middle schools.&nbsp; She can't believe how good the kids are today compared to when she went to school.I know that everybody has their own experiences.&nbsp; I'm maybe fortunate that my kids are all pretty good kids. Somebody else may have bad experiences with kids.&nbsp; I think the difference is how things are reported today and the extremes of society.&nbsp; When I was growing up, I don't know if this incident would have made the paper.&nbsp; My guess is that it would have been handled in school and kept quiet from media.&nbsp; It certainly wouldn't have been in the paper in the 50's and 60's.&nbsp; And don't think these kinds of things didn't happen back then.&nbsp; Crap just got swept under the rug.&nbsp; The amount of hazing that was done in my middle school and high school would never have been tolerated today. No question about it.&nbsp; I also couldn't imagine the amount of trouble I would have gotten in if I had the internet back in the day.&nbsp; Don't think you were any better.&nbsp; We all know at our old age how dumb the tide-pod challenge is.&nbsp; It's dumb as hell.&nbsp; I can't say when I was in high school that we wouldn't have done stupid crap like that, neither can you.Don't be old farts and say &quot;Back in my day...&quot; That's crap.&nbsp; Maybe you were a good kid and had all kinds of respect for other people but there was plenty of bad things that went on then too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fly2cast, post: 203836, member: 656"] I'm going to disagree with most of you on this. I have 4 kids ranging from elementary age to college age. From what I have seen with my kids and their friends and other kids I see is that the kids today are way better kids than when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s. I discussed this subject with my dad a few months back. He even says today's kids are much better behaved than when he was growing up in the 50's and 60's. My sister grew up in the 70's and has been a teacher at a number of different middle schools. She can't believe how good the kids are today compared to when she went to school. I know that everybody has their own experiences. I'm maybe fortunate that my kids are all pretty good kids. Somebody else may have bad experiences with kids. I think the difference is how things are reported today and the extremes of society. When I was growing up, I don't know if this incident would have made the paper. My guess is that it would have been handled in school and kept quiet from media. It certainly wouldn't have been in the paper in the 50's and 60's. And don't think these kinds of things didn't happen back then. Crap just got swept under the rug. The amount of hazing that was done in my middle school and high school would never have been tolerated today. No question about it. I also couldn't imagine the amount of trouble I would have gotten in if I had the internet back in the day. Don't think you were any better. We all know at our old age how dumb the tide-pod challenge is. It's dumb as hell. I can't say when I was in high school that we wouldn't have done stupid crap like that, neither can you. Don't be old farts and say "Back in my day..." That's crap. Maybe you were a good kid and had all kinds of respect for other people but there was plenty of bad things that went on then too. [/QUOTE]

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