Originally Posted by
kid908
Parents need to assert their authority instead of folding so easily. Today's parenting schools teach how to nurture (is that spelled wrong? Nah, it's right) and give the child what they want, NOT WHAT THEY NEED! Since when the hell does a kid need XBL to live? I've found that most kids act tough on XBL for a reason: They can't be tough anywhere else without the bigger (or given some of these pussies, smaller) kids ruining his shit. So, admittedly, they may actually require this to not kill themselves for sucking so much. An offline xbox/xbox360 is fine with me, but they shouldn't even be online talking smack to potentially a cop, lawyer, or terrorist, who can arrest them for threatening a law enforcement officer, sued for whatever, I'm sure that there's something about what that kid did there that can be sued for, or just blown up and get the entire family killed. A bit of a run-on, but yeah, this is all pretty much right. Again, I would put emphasis on "online", because I guarantee you the second a true authority is in front of them, they'll crumble like a water-soaked cookie.
I've never met 15-20+ that act like that at all, from my experience, the only ones that act like that are those who are 5-12 year olds and all of them are like that. This is where my experience differs the most. I've found that between the ages of 15-20, most people are exactly the same as any younger age. The only real difference is that when sex is involved, they actually know what they're talking about.