Too often people are making comparative assessments of young people as though they are similar to previous generations. They may not be.
There is a growing problem of physiological differences in the brains of some young people. A secondary factor is the perceived lack of trust between parents and the school teachers tasked with educating their children. Too often callous unemotional traits are deemed the result of bad parenting or bad schooling, or impoverished environment, or even a normal part of the rough and tumble of growing up, when they may just be bad genes that really do need expert help.
Identifying those most at risk and providing early interventions will not occur if the community are in denial. As a society we have a problem, and it is much more serious than just having kids who are lacking good role models, kids with no hobbies or fulfilling pastimes.
We were all kids, but decades ago only a tiny number of children had callous unemotional traits, today the numbers are growing. This is an issue we must all be aware of.
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