Hey, @tarazkp.

Yeah. There are definitely kids who are going to do whatever they want, especially if there's more than one of them. That, I think, has been going on since time immemorial.

The tendency is, you finally get away from your parents, there's that one guy with the not so smart idea, and the next thing you know, everyone's in on it.

In this case, though, while there's always been some level of non-parenting, I think it's reaching critical mass. Adults just seem to be tuning out to the little devices in their hands and so the kids don't have any supervision whatsoever. And they know it. They also know they're going to get away with a lot of things, too, even if the parents do find out.

You and I grew up similarly. I didn't participate in all kinds of tomfoolery, partly because it didn't compute. In my case, however, my actions were ruled by a number of things, a major one being the punishment I thought I would catch when my parents found out. And they always found out. One of them, usually my mother, was always around somewhere, especially in public, so there was either a first person eyewitness, or someone willing to squeal. Mostly my sisters. :)

I always figured batarangs were the only way to climb. :)