Kids can do and say some dumb stuff, but adults do, too. And frankly, I tend to think adults have them beat on most days. Kids, at least, have more growing and maturing and getting-educated to do so they'll turn out smarter in the end. What's the excuse for a 35-year-old who climbs up a broken ladder and then falls off and breaks his leg? (Working as a paramedic gives you some amazing examples of adult dumbness.)

As far as "society is teaching kids to be worthless," that's just one of those things people like to say about society. Society doesn't really make kids into anything. Parents do. Kids who've had good, attentive parents are still turning out just fine.