The article discusses how perceptions of teenagers' behavior have persisted across generations, highlighted through a dialogue in The Breakfast Club and a letter from ancient Mesopotamia. The modern conception of teenagers being whiny or entitled is paralleled by a letter from a teen in Mesopotamia who complains about his clothing. This illustrates that complaints about youth are timeless, suggesting a cyclical nature of generational attitudes toward adolescence, where parents often struggle to relate to their children.
"The kids haven't changed. You have."
"This letter we have from ancient Mesopotamia, which is essentially just this brat of a teenage boy complaining to his mother about the quality of his clothing."
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