What's up with kids today?

I thought that this list would help me be a good teacher.  I thought that these general principals would help me keep my perspective on teaching and really help kids.  Here you go.

1.  Kids are not small adults.  I assume that kids don't know the basics...about anything.    
2.  Teaching takes time.  Repetition, repetition, repetition.  Skills are not learned overnight.  
3.  Every kid is different.  Enough said.
4.  Growth is only possible if success and failure are a part of the equation.
5.  Most parents have no idea how to teach their kids.  This is more a statement of fact than a condemnation of parents.
6.  You can't force a student to learn.  


Over the past few years I've had to add to my list so I could continue to be effective.   
7.  Most kids don't know how to work.
8.  Most kids are addicted to their electronic devices (this IS a condemnation of parents)
9.  Most of my efforts will be in teaching kids how to learn, not how to make movies.
10.  Most kids don't know how to think for themselves.
11.  Kids consume a lot of information and digest next to none of it.  This is a learned trait that comes from hours of being disconnected from reality.
12.  Reality is terrifying to kids.