Today's teens are far too disrespectful these days? And not just the teens, but toddlers too. I see kids acting like adults. They talk back to adults and do things you wouldn't even think about doing in the 80's. Yes, the 80's...when it wasn't illegal to spank your children or backhand them when they stepped out of line.
I know some people are against spanking, slapping, whipping or just plain ole beating a kid's ass. Many of these people don't have kids. But when the kids talk to them like shit they want to say the parents are to blame. Children are not with their parents 24/7. They are influenced by the corrupt world we live in and must be put in line as to what is right and what is wrong. This is where the parents come in and this is where many fail, because they do not have the support of the corrupt world that has fucked up these children in the first place.

My child should flinch when I raise my hand at him. If he don't and he want to push up on me, there is a problem and it's time to get a bigger object than my hand. He's tall, way taller than me, but like I tell him, "If I can't get you when you're standing up, I'll get you when you're laying down."

Nothing is more embarrassing than seeing a parent in public with a child disrespecting them. They stand there like they have no idea what to do. I must walk away. My son will usually take my hand, hug me and say, "I love you, Mom." Cause he tells me that he knows seeing that just make me mad at him for no reason. That's not true. It makes me mad at him FOR a reason. Because I'm thinking that he's looking at that and plotting.
It's getting hard these days to raise good kids. Without punishment, many parents are getting walked all over and children are doing what they want.  Unfortunately, parenting is a difficult job, and most people are just making do.