I don't think other countries don't have the same problem. For example, people I know in Serbia who work in education complain about kids being worse every year

I don't think other countries don't have the same problem. For example, people I know in Serbia who work in education complain about kids being worse every year and not being able to do anything about it. Kids hitting teachers and such. I think similar policies are in place there as well, it's very hard to put any kind of disciplinary action against kids. I've also heard from friends in Netherlands who complained about slow decline of the education system. Now, these are all anecdotal, so maybe it is all middle age people complaining about new generations, but I sort of doubt it. Btw, I don't think the pandemic is a cause of it, to me it's social media. I think pandemic just accelerated how much social media is central to kids' lives.