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21 September 2015

Today’s youth have ditched sex, drink and drugs for hard work

Duller than their parents.

By Tim Wigmore

As they suppress laughter reading the allegations of David Cameron’s youthful dalliance with a pig, many parents may be fearful of what their own children are getting up to. And understandably so: few days pass without stories of the tawdry escapades of today’s youth.

But they needn’t be so anxious. Today’s youngsters are remarkably well behaved – far better, indeed, than their parents’ generation. The youth have shed hedonism for hard work.

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