Has all decency left the entire planet?

I also attribute some of this behavior to what passes for parenting these days. Now get off my damn lawn. 

Parenting is easy. In theory.
You just have to get your children from birth to adulthood where they will be able to meet all the various demands for a successful existence.

1 Understand how their environment works
2 How their bodies work
3 How to get enough money to comfortably pay their way in life
4 How relationships work.

and perhaps the most important one,

5 How to assemble a cost effective satisfying Hi-Fi system.

Tricky, to say the least.

*Bear in mind also that it’s a big mistake to rely upon education systems to do the work for you as they usually fail to deliver on most counts.

True , but not in Germany . It is harder to get into the  elementary teacher program  in a German University  than Medical  School .

Of course the parents still have the greatest  duty .