[cashman]

Originally Posted by Barrie Yates

Standards of behaviour have degenerated from generation to succeeding generation. The media? Generations accepted that and the subsequent lowering of standards.
Law & Order? The same story and we voted for the idiots who made the laws and saw to the enforcement of them.
I was no teen angel, but I had respect for my elders and property.
IMHO, parents are responsible for the behaviour of their children, set them the example that you expect of them, and lets get rid of these stupid laws, and the lawmakers who introduced them, that prevent parents from chastising their own children.

Nail bang on the head.