Look South Column

In my day, young people had respect

“Young people have no respect for authority nowadays” by Alexandre Dulaunoy is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sometimes I feel the world is stuck in a time warp. Every time I open a UK or Irish newspaper someone is complaining about the so-called wayward youth of today. Typical complaints include a lack of respect by young people for social norms, excessive drinking and a penchant for violence and vandalism. Recently, I scanned a copy of the UK Sunday Times and was overwhelmed by…