The Children of Today

So... When I was younger, if I had been mouthy or back chatted my parents wow I would have paid for it, but these days it seems like our kids think that they can get away with talking to us any old way they feel like it.. But why? What is so different these days that make them think they have the right to do that? Not all kids do it, but those that do how does it happen? do their parents allow them to get away with it? Do the parents have control of their kids? Do the children get disaplined? I am pretty sure that some of it comes from school and friends that they make at school, because I guess it is the way that they speak to each other. Of course some of the attitude that children show us these days is caused from computers and video games. Every child aged 5 and above has a game console whether it be a wii or an xbox. Quite a few kids have their own tablets now too and of course smart phones of some sort. When I was a kid, computers had not really hit family homes like they have now, if a home had a computer it was because the owners were incredibly rich. Internet was also something that was not well known, so as kids we were forever playing outside or on rainy days we would be indoors watching a film or playing board games. I often wonder to myself if the whole issue of attitudes that children have and they way they speak to us parents is sometimes because they get so bored they just don't know how to use their imagination anymore, or perhaps they just get so fed up with all the new technology that they have, they don't know what to do next. Perhaps kids have just become so selfish, always wanting the newest gadget or game out that when we as parents say "No" the children just don't like it, and out comes the bad attitude. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Anyone have a child who has some bad attitude towards you as their parent? Do you know what's has caused your child's attitude or are you lucky enough to have children who are respectful of you as parents?