Is the mass media the sole factor responsible for the behavior of the modern youth?

Answer 1

The media is the biggest part of it, but with two parents working in most families and little time for quality of time with children today it's the parents who need to guide their children through the years up to their independence and teach them skills such as good, bad, trust, honestly, integrity, working hard and hopefully to ride of religious faith. Sometimes religious faith is all they may have to hang onto when times gets tough. It appears that more parents are spending less time with their children and more time working. In most of these cases no one needs the big house, two expensive cars, expensive holidays, etc. If the parents are working hard just to keep a roof over their family, live a moderate lifestyle there is still time for 'quality time' for the children (no matter how tired someone is.) It appears that some parents are lacking in this area. I live in British Columbia Canada and I find many of the teens today are cheeky, bad language, lack of authority and parents who feel that teachers are babysitters and leave the 'messy things' some children may pull off for the police or tax payers. Thankfully for every 10 bad kids there is one that no matter how they were treated seemed to have learned good manners, gotten good scores on tests and are making something out of themselves.