Re: Are kids today more ill-mannered than they were in previous generations?
Society is changing and us kids can’t be blamed for the way that we are today. It’s up to our elders to teach us about cultural and social values. We can’t be expected to learn about that in school. Today, there’s more of a need for freedom for us youngsters. It’s hard for us to grow up in a multi-cultural society and yet to be expected by our grandparents etc to behave as they did in their time. 
Yes, they may have had better manners but in regards to the society that we are growing up in, in comparison to the way they grew up, that is only what is expected.