Springer came on and I listened and there were two women(?) that each had several children, each child having a different father or *baby daddy* as they called it. One of the women had 5 kids, each had a different father and this woman was so uneducated that the kids were not going to get a very good chance in life. This is the breeding ground for this type of behavior, BUT this rude behavior comes from all walks of life. As I listened to these women talk, I could not help but feel hopeless for the future of the country. This story just solidifies that feeling even more.
Susi, I would respectfully disagree that lack of education in the parents or children is a 'breeding ground' for bad behavior in children. Not everyone gets to have a college education but they may do all they can to be sure their children are well behaved- and well educated.
My father is not a college educated man, but he built a successful business and ran it until retirement, working his butt off so that we could have things like nice Disney vacations as we were growing up. I am not a college graduate though I had scholarship offers for singing (long story) and I was a single mother for awhile after my divorce- I worked some 'comfy' office jobs and some very humble ones- including second-shift cashier at a 24 hour grocery- but my child is VERY well behaved and has been all her life because I raised her to know right from wrong to the best of my ability.
As you said, rudeness comes from all walks.
By far the worst behavior I saw on this trip was from the so-called 'all american' nuclear family- one mom, one dad, kids and usually a couple grandparents along. Could one of the parents be a step parent? maybe. But as much as most of these kids looked like their parents, I doubt it.
Aside from one elementary school group who seemed to be on a field trip our first day and was EXTREMELY well behaved- I doubt that a single child I saw the rest of our trip comes from a family that was below what we'd call comfortable, middle-class america.
Believe me, I live in a very diverse area that has it all- from so called 'regular' families with two parents that live in five bedroom, three car garage- residences to households where every kid does have different parentage and single moms struggle to pay the electric bill- but I'll tell you- with the economy the way it is here, for the most part
any of the kids in my neighborhood would thank their lucky stars for a chance to go to WDW and would be so in awe once they got there, the last thing on their mind would be misbehaving.
Spoiled is the term that I kept thinking of when I saw kids this past trip.
Disinterested, pouty teenagers with their eyes rolling and arms crossed, unless, of course, they were too busy texting to cross their arms.
Elementary aged boys AND girls bent on literally destroying everything in their path.
Pre-school girls especially having meltdowns if they didn't get EVERYTHING they wanted in the gift shop, even if they were already dressed to the nines in the COMPLETE BBboutique line (which is not cheap!)
Excess is what is ruining the kids in America. Maybe the adults, too. It's the entitlement attitude that kills me- in kids and adults alike.
Ironically- we didn't see that much of this behavior at the Grand- you could tell for most of the families staying there that it was a big event- one they had saved a long time for (like us). Or that they had come from another resort to dine there and were excited to be there.
At other resorts, I saw it more- in the parks was the absolute worst. Overall- every time we go, the behavior of the masses just worsens.
I remember thinking several times how grateful I was that I could vent here about the SGs when I got home LOL. A couple times my husband even said "Great board material there" and I knew he wasn't talking about any other board but this one LOL
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