So what are you saying? That there are never any changes to children ever?

Yes, maybe there's a bit of complaining from old coots throughout the ages, but that doesn't mean there are never any structural problems ever. Maybe there are real problems today. And maybe there were real problems in Socrates' time too. Merely posting this without any thought is just dismissive nonsense.

Certainly for the situation today, there are huge changes to how kids are raised. Maybe that has zero effect. Or maybe it does. Either way, whatever Socrates did or didn't say has no bearing on it.

And there is that recent study assuring us every generation thinks things are just turning more to shit.

I know, even the ancient Romans were lamenting that the young generation will be the empire's downfall, and look where Rome stands today... oh wait...

I think the "every generation always thinks the next one lacks respect" thought terminating cliche is not warranted when we've gone through such a shift in media consumption over the past 10 years.

They would have been correct saying it about the first generation of kids raised on television too.

"Things never change."

-- Random wisecracker on the interweb

"These children ain't got no behavior. Them children were taught too blooming slack." - H. Belafonte

Aristotle