I hear it all the time... kids with obesity problems, kids with diabetes, kids with high blood pressure. I have experience with kids who have bad manners. All of it... it's a mirror on American society. Kids who have bad manners did not learn discipline in the home. They think the world should just give them things on golden platter because that's what they're used to, never learning to say please or thank you; just a take, take, and take mentality. They are used to having food in the refridgerator stocked with soda and sweets. They stay in the house all day playing video games and playing on the Internet. McDonald's is easily accessible, an allowance is always there, and kids go about their lives because having everything is the norm. And the grown-ups. Sometimes just as bad. They don't have time to exercise, so they go for the plastic surgery or the jeans that remove cellulite. They don't have time to eat, they eat junk food on the go. They don't have time to raise their kids, they think that giving them money will make up for that.
It's sad when I watch TV only to find reality shows that exploit a person's need for an egotistical 15 minutes of fame. People just want sex. Dating shows are no longer abour courting and finding the perfect person, but more about a person's need to get laid. Other reality shows are about people stabbing each other in the back.
I do blame the media for all of this. I know that the whole of America isn't like this, but the media does distort the indecency to the point where I feel that I can't find anything good about America at times. America is the land where anything can happen, where people can find what they need, but it's coming to the point where greed and selfishness has become the norm. Call it capitalism or consumerism, but it doesn't always have to look so evil or so selfish.
Like an overweight person suing a fast-food restaurant, or an SUV driver who has to go to the gas station every three days, everyone needs to learn moderation and accountability. But everyone thinks those little things will impede on the normality of their lives. If you're fat, maybe you need to stop eating so much junk food and stop blaming the restaurants. If you have a gigantic SUV with two gas tanks and shitty gas mileage, you shouldn't complain about gas prices. Learn moderation, learn some common sense. And just because you can have it doesn't mean that you always have to have it.