The Children of Today

As everyone else has to if they're an education major, I observe a certain hours a semester. I observe a 3rd grade classroom and it is absolutely awesome. It just amazes me how times have changed since I was a kid.  There was a boy who is about 9 who started doing the "dougie" dance. There were a few kids who would sing songs that they shouldn't be singing but probably don't understand the meaning. Those kids are sometimes so nasty to each other that I would get slapped by my mother if she heard me say some of the things they do. I just find it crazy how much control kids have nowadays. I have a 4 year old niece and the things she says to my brother, which is her father, are just crazy. Her situation is a little tricky though but still. All in all, I feel that, based on what i've seen, some parents are losing control of their kids.