Are kids in Europe as misbehaved as kids in the u.s.a?

Question

I blame parents for the monsters their kids become, but i seriously want to know if children in Europe are as bad as kids in the u.s.a.

Everywhere i look i see a kid making his/her parents their prison B*#ches. I've seen parents get nailed square in the face by their kid, and the kid absolutely did it on purpose, and the parent won't do ANYTHING.

Can a European child be caught screaming in public, throwing tantrums, etc... or are the old world values bringing those kids up better?

Answer 1

I have heard that in Europe, restaraunts do not tend to have kiddie meals and crayons like in the US.

Answer 2

i AM a kid in the u.s.a and let me tell you. the kids are little brats! of course its everywhere but there is absolutely no respect i appreciate my mum and i dont disrespect her like that. of course we get in out fizzies but i would never dream of laying a hand on her unless it was playing around of course. have a great day!

Answer 3

I heard an interesting explanation for this.  Whether it is true or not, it definitely gives some food for thought ...

Some people attribute a decline in respect of authority back to Watergate.  Young people stopped wanting to grow up to be the President or other public figures because of perceived corruption and other signs of the time (war in Southeast Asia, etc.).  Instead of looking at authority figures as role models, young people started looking sideways towards their peers.  Musicians, athletes and others became the role model.  

As well, because the "sideways" relationships became more important than the hierarchical ones (looking up to authority figures), when these young people grew up they modeled their relationships with their children on the "sideways" model.  When I was younger, my parents' friends were "Mr. and Mrs.", not "Joyce and Frank".  There was an authority separation between adults and children.

Now we have a society in North America where both parents and children have issues with authority figures, where role models are questionable, and where kids are treated too much on a level playing field with adults rather than treated as children.

This is a gross exaggeration, I know, but I said it would offer some food for thought.

Answer 4

Go to Europe and find out.

Answer 5

You can generalize this because in Asia and in India. Children are brought up to respect there elder. If a child hit there elder in the face. There would seriously get a beating a lecture and possibly no food, and there also taught not to bring shame on there family. At a early age, I'm not saying that there aren't bad kids in Asia or India, but for the majority most kids know the boundaries, and they are brought up very traditionally. I was atleast. but I was born and raised in the U.S and I do see how parent give in to there baby's because they believe there baby is just a baby but baby's can be very smart  at a young age and they do understand whats going on. I recently said that my 3 year old can make a pb & J and someone thought i was lazy and that this was actual cooking, and at 3 he shouldn't be making himself a pb & j. Which i think its silly because that is one more life lesson he has learn. I don't baby them as much anymore because there not babys and in return they know right and wrong they know how to clean there room and make there beds, brush there teeth and take there self a bath, and they will be 5 and 4 this year. Of course i supervise them just to make sure there doing it right, but most American kids are baby in tell they are 6 to 8.

Answer 6

yes, they are

Answer 7

My brother is raising his family in Switzerland. There are definitely cultural differences, like when you're in public you rarely hear kids at all, they are all so quiet!  If you have a boisterous kid they get stares and people will come up and tell your child to be quiet whereas in America people tend to not interfere with someone else's kid like that.

But teachers also have a hands-off attitude at school.  Fights on the playground - in America, the participants would be broken up and sent to the principal's office. In Switzerland, teachers don't intervene even when it's an out-and-out fist fight.

My brother taught his boys how to throw a punch and their school life got better.  Another word on "old world values" - my nephews found that no kid would play with them when they first lived there. It took a couple of years for them to be at all accepted. I'm not talking about parents, the kids in school just wouldn't interact with them at all because they were in a small village where anyone who hadn't lived there for generations was a permanent stranger.  That may be "old world values" but I don't agree with them, I think we're healthier as a melting pot.  

Answer 8

Hmm, well it's not only the United States citizens. It's everywhere. There aren't only push-overs in the U.S.! so, to answer your question, i'd say yes, probably. It's the most logical answer.

Answer 9

I'm not sure about the rest of the world, but I know the UK has the same problem as the US. Pushover parents making way for the me-me-me type attitude in kids. We lived there for a few years, and it was a fairly well-explored topic, and quite obviously an ever-growing problem. :(

Answer 10

ah, don't generalize.  there are kids like that everywhere.

my kids are very well behaived.  while in the grocery store, they know not to act up.  they know there are no witnesses in the bathroom, one little start of a tantrum and thats where we go.  and that's how I roll.

Answer 11

Well they way i see it European children have no need to go through the turmoil.  They get there licenses younger they can go clubbing/drinking earlier.  Why do they need to rebel?