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Kids These Days

Socrates

‘Kids these days‘ is the belief that the present generation of young people is inferior or deficient compared to previous generations.

Such beliefs have been reported since 624 BCE. Ancient philosopher Socrates complained, ‘The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.’

Posted on November 1, 2021 at 9:00 pm in Language, Philosophy   |  RSS feed |   Reply   |   Trackback URL

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