The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.
Meaning of the quote
The quote suggests that it is very challenging for young people today to learn how to be polite and well-behaved, because they do not often see adults modeling good manners. In other words, children struggle to learn good manners when the people around them are not demonstrating those behaviors.
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