This is some of what we are raising in America today. It's not all of them, but some of you who aren't around a broad crosss-section of teenagers might be surprised at how many of these kids there are.
They've been taught that life is all about them:
Whatever new clothes or new game or new toy they want, they must have it. If they get in trouble their parent(s) go fuss at the teachers, the principal or the school board, or hire a lawyer so the little dears never have to face the consequences of their actions.
Their parent(s) are afraid of ruining the child's self-esteem, or violating his freedom of expression, (or maybe they're just too busy "finding themselves") so they let the child say and do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, to whomever he pleases, no matter how rude or disrespectful.
Oh, yes, and when the child reaches puberty, sex is facilitated with condoms, birth control pills, trips to the doctor or abortion clinic - everything but curfews and limits, because, as the parents say, "They're gonna do it anyway...".
Punishment is rarely used by the parent(s), either because they don't believe in corporal punishment or they've heard you can go to jail for using it, but they've never figured out any other kind of punishment either.
The kids have everything materially, but they have nothing spriritually, emotionally, or socially. And to them, facing certain death to save others is "sick", because, all their lives, everything has been all about THEM.