When reading the daily headlines, one question seems to always jump into my mind...What is wrong with kids nowadays? It seems as though this is a question always asked by one generation about the youth of the day. So it may be easy to dismiss my question as nothing more than one man getting older and losing touch with current trends. But a closer look reveals something more than that. Whether it's a boy shooting his girlfriend's parents or a group of teens going out for a nightly homeless person beating, the reality is that there is something terribly wrong with America's children and I feel as though I've discovered the answer. In part 2 of this article I will explain my discovery in detail, but first I want to mention a few other things.
Now, some will mention the entertainment industry as a culprit. There is more violence in movies and music today and that is why kids tend to be more violent in their everyday lives. I admit that allowing a child to decapitate someone in a video game is probably not a good way to raise wholesome children, but is pop-culture the only explanation for the warped kids we're seeing today? After all, in the '50s cowboy movies were popular but you never saw little Johnny walk into his 6th grade class with a Colt revolver and open fire...did you?
Which brings us to another argument...guns. Many progressives would have us believe that guns are the problem, and if we only got rid of the guns in this country then we'd all be able to feel safe about telling our daughter's boyfriend what a loser he was without fear of repurcussion. Things like Columbine would never happen if this country had tougher gun laws. I disagree. After all, just reading one of the articles above shows that the boys who attacked the homeless guys didn't use guns, but they still carried out a horrible crime despite this. The naivety of the anti-gun crowd is astounding. If you follow their logic, then eventually we'd have to pass anti-baseball bat, anti-crowbar, anti-lead pipe and many other anti-weapon laws until eventually this nation will be made completely of foam rubber. Even then, trust me, we'd still find ways to hurt each other and commit crimes.
And it's not like this is just a left-coast problem. Granted, the Hollywood crowd has shown a recent trend to acquire children like they would a handbag, simply because it's the latest rave and all the "A" list is doing it. Then they give the kids these cute-nique names like Apple or Pilot and then walk out on the red carpet to show the world how quickly they lost all their baby weight. Let's face it, these kids don't and never will have a chance at being normal. But I'm talking about kids in the heartland who are genuinely screwed up, and I think I know why.
So login tomorrow for part 2 of this article and I'll attempt to explain my theory. In the meantime, be thinking of your own reasons why the upcoming generation is in serious trouble.
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