Could be! I know my parents never needed to raise a hand for my brother and I, but they knew how to say NO.

What I see today with the kids at school, is that the parents are so stressed from work that they give up on any request, just to be free from the kids annoying them. That leads the kids to think they have control over the parents, leading them to disrespect.

I had one of the teenager students one day complain that his mom was dumb from forgeting to send him an Uber! Then later that day he was telling his friends that she was buying him the new Playstation. Dude!

I had to tell him "how can you mistreat you mom like that when she does everything for you?". He then stood there in silence.
I like how they listen to me, maybe because I'm only 30 years old and I act like I'm one of them.