Parents of Ireland – yis need to cop on

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1. I don’t get why the legal system doesn’t just fine the ever living shit out of their parents if they can’t lock the kids up

2. Old man shouting at cloud/wasn’t like that in my day phase seems to have hit you extraordinarily early young man.

3. The overwhelming majority of Irish teenagers are nothing like this. In fact they are these shitheads’ primary victims (bullying, theft, assaults etc etc)

4. The parents of these kids aren’t on Reddit. They don’t even know where their kids are or care about what they’re doing and if you retaliate you’re the problem. But I agree. And if their parents aren’t going to do anything the government need
   To take action because it can’t continue.

5. OP discovers teenagers.

6. For anyone reading this, you might think your child is an angel and would never get up to shit but believe me literally anyone can act nice at home

7. There’s a My Chemical Romance song you might like

8. Important to remember that this is an extremely vocal minority. 

9. If parents can’t control their kids, young adults could step in as well. Back in my day, the older crowd would sort you out real quick if you misbehaved.

10. Controversial take- a parent can only do so much and at some point there needs to be some accountability. We are all responsible for our actions, and these youths know exactly what they are doing.

11. ‘Back in my day, it were grand’ 🤣

12. Said it before, scum rasing scum, that will go on to raise more scum. Some families are just conveyor belts of scum that will never contribute anything remotely positive to society.

13. Your generation were just as fucked.

14. The soft touch societal approach over the past 2 decades is now paying dividends (/s) and we are on a slippery slope like our neighbours next door.

    Any adult who even dares to call out the “little angels” on their obnoxious behaviour has their “fabulous parents” to deal with. The lack of respect for the wider community clearly begins at home.

    The parents maybe certainly legally responsible till their kids are 18 and kids between 13-18 can be taken to task by the Gardai but when was that ever enforced? The courts aren’t of much help either.

15. I say this as a 35 year old man,
    Grow up and get over yourself.

    If you have a problem, address it.

    Reddit won’t fix it for you.

    Edit: I should note that I don’t address every problem I encounter day to day, because I am fallible – but going one Reddit to say that kids are vaping in my presence is unfathomable.

16. There has always been poxy parents, there has always been poxy teenagers. Social media has made this kind of “look” cooler and spread to kids that wouldn’t usually act this way.

    If your saying kids are worse now than in the 80s and 90s I’m afraid your very wrong just far more annoying because you see the shite on your phone as well as real life.

17. The problem is, while nobody admits it for some reason, you are guys are too soft on your kids.

18. I feel like some of you live in a different country sometimes

19. I was here before this got locked.

20. That’s a pretty wild generalisation. This stereotype represents a relatively small percentage of Irish teenagers.

21. I don’t get why you say it’s generational, the same
    scrotes were around 10, 20, 30 years ago!

22. The same types of kids were around when you were a teenager.

23. I live in an extremely posh part of Dublin. South side dart line super posh. I was literally assaulted by a child this weekend and the parent(once they noticed) didn’t even apologise. I get the vibes from this post that this is referring to kids from the inner city or certain areas. The issue isn’t socio-economic, it’s cultural. Parents simply don’t parent anymore! We’re all just supposed to put up with kids being awful. 

24. Do the teens never get their ass kicked? At some point, you pick on or offend the wrong person. Is that not a thing?

25. They are also out there assaulting six year olds and slapping some poor Indian bloke who wont retaliate. Scary situation over there.

26. They’re protected way too much by the law

27. I’m in a rural town and the latest generation is great. All into health and fitness, it’s not good news for the pubs they only go once a week if at all, unlike my generation. But I find them very good. I’m speaking about late teens early twenties

28. They should be made pick stones or turn a few rows

29. Parents won’t do anything because apparently its never their kids.

30. Not to absolve these teens and their parents of all responsibility but I do think covid played a part in shaping this particular cohort of delinquents. All kids missed out on crucial socialisation and schooling but some of them were stuck inside in very unhappy homes, reported incidents of domestic violence shot up during this time. There needs to be massive investment in amenities and mental health support for kids to unfuck this situation

31. Absentee parenting is a huge problem but it seems that has always existed to an extent, particularly in disadvantaged areas, they are let off and get up to all sorts. I think the noticeable increase can be contributed to soft touch parenting.

    Now now little darling, doesn’t cut it. Or more commonly zero correction at all from a young age.

    Parents too busy stuck in their phones completely ignoring kids running riot, can be seen daily in basically any public space, which in turn leads to young kids having zero understanding of authority or accountability or repressions for actions.

32. > I’m in my late twenties and the generational difference is absolutely wild

    Said by every human being throughout history.

    When I was in my late twenties, teenagers also appeared to be loud, obnoxious and bordering on psychopathic.

    It is literally your perception which has changed the most. There has been no drastic shift or increase in criminality amongst teenagers.

33. Legalise pepper spray! Legalise self defence!

34. I grew up around families were nobody has worked, grandparents, parents and kids all in the same house sitting around, all very dysfunctional. The parents causing enough drama in the neighborhood themselves and the kids just off looking for attention they aren’t getting at home

35. Should enforce community service for young offenders and deduct dole money they receive in the meantime

36. Try having well behaved teenagers who get beaten up and robbed by these little shits.. my heart is in my mouth every time one of my sons goes into town. They need to bring back the law to jail them and overturn the Criminal Justice Act of 2006. If they attacked my son they would get an APSO and a Garda rep. The idea of a Garda working with the families of some of these kids to come up with a plan to improve behaviour is a joke.. these families are laughing at us all

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