on average, do kids grow up with more behavior issues less respectful to others in the DC area compared to other places? (Hampton: day care, home)

[AmericanLeader]

I don't want to offend anyone with this question. Great kids are raised by great parents but parents can not be with their kids all the time and there are a lot of bad influences out there.

I have noticed that alot of kids around the DC area are a little bit hyper and not as behaved as kids other areas.

Do kids grow up with more behavior issues and less respectful to others in the DC area compared to other places? If so, why?

[Alicia Bradley]

What I can't stand are the kids who wear their 'roller skate' athletic shoes to Costco.. particularly on a busy Saturday. I feel like asking their parents if they forgot to install their (own - kids will generally do whatever they can get by with) brains that day.

[Bigfoot424]

Really? Is this a serious question?

[AmericanLeader]

Originally Posted by Bigfoot424

Really? Is this a serious question?

Only if you have not lived your entire life in the Wash Area...

[Caladium]

DC metro area is a big place. Are you talking about kids raised in Purcellville or Takoma Park? Or Great Falls? Or Lorton? Or SE DC?

Are we comparing it to Detroit? Beverly Hills? Compton? Wichita? Bellows Falls, VT? Youngstown, OH?

Even though this is a dumb question, I do have a comment about raising kids here. FWIW, I found it easier to raise kids here than where I used to live because there's more for kids to do (sports programs, etc.) and many more stay at home parents. Having lots of adults around cuts down on some of the trouble kids can get into. Also, it's fairly easy for them to find a job when they get older. Plenty of kids here work hard in school and have good manners, but that doesn't make someone immune to behavior issues.

Since kids will be kids and they're raised by parents (not cities), I'd say we're probably about the same as anywhere else.

[CAVA1990]

I find the kids around here much better behaved than when I was growing in Southern California back in the 60s and 70s. Moderator Cut

[The Dissenter]

Teens I don't think are any worse than the other places I lived in Hampton Roads and Louisville. I did see a slighter difference in kids behavior in public places like stores when I was in NoVA than HR. HR kids were less likely to act out than NoVA kids in the supermarkets. I think HR's conversative parents subscribe to corporal punishment more than NoVA more liberal parents which could explain the difference. As a kid who received corporal punishment I generally avoided embarassing mama in the store because I knew once we got home it was my behind.

[CAVA1990]

NoVA is a melting pot with people from many different cultures with different child rearing practices. I do know the kids around here are a lot more tolerant of others than people were in the old days. They also generally like where they live so aren't dreaming to get the heck out of here when they grow up. I wouldn't blame them for not having a great deal of respect for their elders, many of whom seem to have lost all sense since the beginning of the millenium.

[canudigit]

From what I have seen and heard about the COL in the D.C. area, it seems that very few moms would be able to stay home and raise their kids themselves, due to the need for two incomes. Maybe that has something to do with it. No day care is going to care how your child turns out like you would, they're simply providing substitute care for money, and when little Junior has to fight with twenty other little tykes for every toy, place in line, etc. he might learn to be a bit more aggressive than he would growing up at home. Not picking on the D.C. area, there are plenty of other areas of the country where being a stay at home mom isn't an option anymore. It's sad.

[kutra11]

- on average, do newspapers seem more readable in the DC area compared to other places?
- on average, do birds fly higher in the sky in the DC area compared to other places?
- on average, do posters ask silly questions in the DC area compared to other places?

... ... ah, how I love generalized questions!! :-)