text: I totally agree. Children today can be rude and intimidating. I'm only 24, but things are really different now to when I was a kid.\nFor a start, there was no way that my parents would ever think of taking my side over a teacher's if I got into trouble - let alone consider taking the school to court!\nKids today think that there is no comeuppance for bad behaviour, and they're totally right. A teacher who defends themself against a child may well get arrested and fired for assault. A parent who smacks their child can end up in prison.\nAlso, loads of kids have absent parents, or parents who don't really give a damn about them providing that they're out of their hair. When you add this to the fact that millions of kids, boys in particular, grow up with no male role model whatsoever so have no idea what good behaviour should look like, it's easy to see why things are so horrible these days.\nI think that the issue is that people are always so quick to look to the schools or the government to solve their problems - in fact, most of these things could be solved by a bit of decent parenting, a little less bloody liberalism and a return to (mild) corporal punishment at home and at school.\n... I'll get off my soap box now!