Yes. Is the short answer.
The longer one?
UK kids (like most of the West) have it flookin' EASY by and large (there are of course those who don't) and as a result they are becoming softer. Meanwhile, other parts of the world the kids are growing up tougher, in harsher experiences. They are more resilient. More resourceful. More hungry. As the market for jobs and resources is increasingly global, who do you think is going to win the war? Not necessarily a traditional bullets and bayonets war. But the war for jobs. For resources. Etc?
A lot of the kids in the UK today, the toug