It's easy to blame parents, but I'm a bit more sympathetic. Despite what those who often don't have kids say, parents' rights have been eroded and their responsibilities taken off them, like with breakfast in schools. Who loves their kids the most: the parent who gives their child everything they want, protects them from situations that aren't nice, and doesn't impose boundaries, or the parent who gives their kids the tools and resilience to navigate through life's ups and downs, and tells them off when they do silly stuff? There is a happy medium, but, currently, we're on a dangerous end of the spectrum. Values have to be taught, and there must be consequences. Any suggestion that "Oh well, it's just a young person and it doesn't really matter." is just stupid.