Foul, vulgar language is used
so much now that it is spoken in homes as if it were accepted language
and the kids pick up on it.



Every time I run into one of those potty-mouthed kids, I feel like feeding them
the business end of a baseball bat -- after it had been accelerated to home-run
hitting velocity!


Way back in the late 60's when I was in Catholic high school, and away
from adults
with direct authority over us (parents or teachers or cops) we sometimes
had
contests to who could out-vulgar each other. Like yelling dirty
comments from the
school bus as we passed our arch rival (football league) school.
Probably as
"venting steam" when away from the excessive discipline they used to do
in Catholic
schools back then (each nun was issued 15 inch rulers...). What they
call "child
abuse" nowadays. If "fear-loathing-hatred" = "respect", then we "respected"
authority. It didn't help things any when the entire class got punished for
something, whether or not if you individually were guilty of whatever it
was.

/rant

Anyway, the kids are likely just blowing off steam, purposly being
annoying to adults as a kind of payback for their teachers and parents
annoying them. You see it say when high school kids walk in the street
partially blocking traffic in areas where sidewalks are avaliable.
And kids using bad language in the Mall, "what are they gonna do
to us?".

Most young adults grow out of this by the time they get real jobs
(not McJobs) and ham licenses.