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A part - to me, it's a very large part - of what is wrong with kids these days has nothing to do with their parents.
Kids are influenced - for me they are most influenced - by social pressure and societal programming. They look up to older kids - kids always have. Older kids are full of tattoos and piercings and body mod in general. Their media role models are filled with same. Video games are filled with violence and so are film and TV - always more ultraviolent than previous generations experienced. A media generation is perhaps 5 years now. It's not surprising at all they would do this sort of thing.
To me it looks like parental influence is rendered nearly nil. No matter how much they try, parents are losing the ability to influence or control their kids because of external forces and it's hardly their fault. Blaming parents is too easy of an answer. And it doesn't answer or solve anything.
You must see at least a small amount of what I am saying. If so, then think of it as a matter of degree. You may see the things I am referring to as much less significant than parental influence and responsibility. I see it the other way around.
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