OKAY OKAY. I KNOW I KNOW !

This is what I heard all day today, over and over and it isn't even my kid.  Good Lord the world is in trouble if this is our future generation. This wishey washey mamby pamby pain in the ass can't make up their minds and get up off their asses to DO anything for the,selves generation ! I DO NOT LIKE THEM SAM I AM !  But wait, that is not fair, I am judging an entire generation on ONE PISSY LITTLE GIRL. It's only fair I tell you that this child does not come from a very great background. Mom has been on and out of jail for drug use, child has been living with different family members and been bounced around different schools so there isn't a great foundation or consistent set of rules to follow. From what I am hearing about the school district I am thinking my NYC high school of 5,000 students was Harvard University compared to this HS outside of Detroit.  The kids are describing classmates and teachers and it makes the TV shows and movies look silly in comparison.
What is going on on our society of teens ? What are these kids being exposed to and what is NORMAL to them?
We brought two teenagers to Florida for 5 days for spring break.  This was a gift from grand pa for  grand daughter and her friend. (Friends parents were good enough to spend the money to send this child along) Never have I met a child I have wanted to strangle more. It is a wonder she has survived this long and yet I am amazed she is doing as well as she is considering she has had no strong adult in her life on a consistent basis to give her a strong home. I want to take her home and wave a magic wand over her head to turn her into "the perfect kid" but since there is no such thing I guess that can't happen. I am really upset about this kid though. She pulls at me and I really like her but she is really young and headend in a direction that screams "Wrong Way", "Danger".   But then who know. God always has a plan and maybe I'm supposed to have some influence on this child. Or maybe not. Maybe she is supposed to have an influence on me ! I guess this is the point where I'm supposed to do some praying to figure it all out.
For the time being what I DO know is I'm glad I'm not a teenager in this messed up world today, AND I'm glad I'm not a parent of a teenager in this day and age. It's tough enough surviving as an adult knowing what we know but having to put up with today's world as. Kid has got to be a really rough life for a kid.