Disruptive kids
There seems to be widespread agreement that in general “kids these days have no respect,” or at least less respect, compared to earlier times. There are restaurants all over the world that have resorted to banning small children from their premises, either after a cut-off time in the evening, or entirely–and as a result, many have seen their businesses boom, despite angry reactions by some parents. Oddly, this deficiency in children has been a fairly consistent complaint since ancient times. In 1907, Kenneth John…