Paul Fairie

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A Brief History of Kids Today Are Too Rude

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2022

SIRI STATE OF AFFAIRS Voice assistants Siri and Alexa are ma

2014

Compared with when they were students, Americans today belie

2001

Going to church these days is like going to a park or a picn

1997

About 70 percent of the country believes kids today are rude

1982

CHILDREN ARE 'RUDER AND NASTIER' SCHOOLCHILDREN are becoming

1978

"Kids are disrespectful. It's a sign of the times. We c

1964

"There was no problem maintaining law and order in the

1954

It is true that kids are less respectful than they used to ?

1946

Young Folks Often Rude By EMILY POST Behavior such as descri

1930

Those who remember the politeness of the late Victorian peri

1921

SAYS YOUTH TODAY IS RUDE CHARLES W. ELIOT HOPES TREND IS ONL

1911

Sequence of Bad Mannered Children, Ill-Mannered Youths (From

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OLD FASHIONED STYLE DROPPED "No sir", "Yes ma

1896

CHILDREN'S MANNERS In the English press a discussion has ari

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MORAL TEACHING TO THE EDITOR Sir--Having noticed of late sev

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Disrespectful Children. The question is often asked in these

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Alas! what do we see with a frequency painfully significant

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It seems to us -- perhaps we are mistaken -- that the spirit

1829

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A Brief History of Kids Today Need More Discipline

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2016

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Nobody wants to work

The economic situation in England is bad, he said, primarily on account of the practice instituted some time ago of issuing doles. "Nobody wants to work. If they are idle, the Government supplies money for the necessities of life, and they seem to be content." --Lancaster New Era, 22 Dec 1925

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Women will dress logically in one-piece hygienic suits

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