In response to an article on young generations To whom it may concern Dear editor, I have just come across your newspaper article about the young people of today and so I am writing this letter to you not to criticise or fly at the contents of your work that many may well consider far too harsh and judgemental, but because I felt the need to add something to it. Indeed, you have made an interesting point on a controversial topic here. Today's young generations do seem to have given up making something of their life and, therefore, they prefer to escape reality by taking refuge in several forms of entertainment some of them being sadly harmful and addictive. However, a question arises in my mind, who is at fault? Who should we put the blame on? Needless to say such youngsters have been brought up by parents who are probably so busy making plans for themselves that they have forgotten they have children. They have taken their role of parents too lightly giving their offspring the power to decide for themselves, entrusting them with responsibilities too big for them to take on and then justifying and standing up for them no matter what the circumstances thinking of it as a way to make up for the little time spent with their children. Moreover, absent parents simply cannot provide their sons and daughters with a valid and valuable role model generating confusion and disorientation in their fragile offspring. “Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.” Regards, Ruggero