What's wrong with our youth? Is it a psychosocial disorder? Is it the parents?

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

So do I. My point is that people 50 years ago said pretty much the same thing. Adults throughout history have said the same thing.

BTW, I also see lots and lots of kids who are well-behaved and off to a good start being good citizens. So I think that the blanket statement "What's wrong with our youth" is way too hyperbolic.

Besides, the only thing wrong with my youth is that it's 30 years in the past.

MC I agree with you, but 50 years ago kids weren't bringing guns to school. A knife or a blade maybe, but not guns. School shootings depend on access to guns. Mass murders tend not to happen in school or anywhere else when knives or blades are the only weapons available. It's the increase in firearms that has coincided with the recent string of school shootings. The number of guns in the U.S. has doubled since around the 70s but has pretty much been stable since the late 80s. But the access to guns is spreading rapidly and the increase has actually been fueled by people who are already gun owners acquiring additional firearems.

Yes there are kids that are starting off to a good start. I don't disagree here.