“My daughter just refuses to listen to us. Whenever some family elder tries to tell her a word or two of wisdom, she just flares. She shouts. She throws tantrums. For a 19-year-old, such a conduct is not proper, but she just just does not bother. A friend also scared me by telling that he saw my daughter smoking cigarette. I was shocked beyond words. When I confronted her, my daughter about that, she threw a tantrum that really scared daylight out of me. She said, she was free to behave the manner ..

BY NOW, no doubt is left behind about what kind of invasion is taking place of the mental space of our youngsters. Every kind of negativism is being fed into their impressionable minds -- resulting into some terribly shocking ideas germinating in their heads and taking roots and growing menacingly. Naturally, our youngsters are popping up ideas and behaviours that shock anybody out of wits. This is making it compulsory for the larger society to start devising ways and means to counter the dirty narrative ..