The rising level of indiscipline among children today has become a cause for concern in our society especially because it is begining to have an adverse effect on our values and culture. In the past, it was uncommon for children to disrespect their parents or other elders, however, due to many reasons, children these days do not consider it important to accord elders the same level of respect as before.
Today, many children suffer from parental neglect. Parents, in their bid to provide for their family, deleegate the important duty of raising their children to paid employees or teachers, thereby creating distance between children and their parents. This situation often results in bad behaviour as many children who do no have close relationship with their parents are prone to commiting crime.
Children these days have more resources. Although, it is important to note that children today have access to better food and quality education , however, this has also led to them having unfiltered access to technology and environments where they are not held accountable for their actions as technology allows children access to platforms where their parents are unable to monitor them, resulting in lack of respect and regard for elders.
In conclusion, the younger generation of the past understood the sacrifices made by the older generation because valuable time was spent teaching and mentoring children about the level of work that needed to be put into service and this impacted the way that children saw and revered their parents but this is no longer the case in today’s society.