I feel the proportion of students taking school seriously has been gradually decreasing over the last decade or so. And now we treat college kids like children

I feel the proportion of students taking school seriously has been gradually decreasing over the last decade or so. And now we treat college kids like children. It's hard to believe today's 18 year olds are old enough to vote. These aren't just rose tinted glasses occluding my view. I don't think it's a stretch to suggest that people in general were expected to grow up a decade sooner than today. That's the price of increased living standards - delayed adulthood and reduced fertility. Then its the generation after that suffers from immature parenting.