Are the children of this century harder to deal with than in the last? I doubt it. I suspect that children have always pushed the limits and made life difficult for their parents.
My mother says that I didn't (although I don't think I really believe her). Perhaps that demonstrates a flaw in my character, or in her memory (or mine).
I suspect that my de-conversion from Christianity to determined atheism hasn't even affected her view on that topic. She will never be an atheist, but I'm sure she understands why I have arrived in this state.
I observe other parents of today struggling with their own children and I sometimes want to reassure them with a classical quotation. How about this one?
"Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannise their teachers." -- Socrates
So it is not a very new problem then!
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