Kids & Family
Nation's 'Rudest' Kids Are In Philadelphia, New Report Says
Some of the "rudest" behaviors according to the report are being absorbed in cellphones, cursing, paying music too loud, and not saying hi.
PHILADELPHIA — According to Philadelphia residents, kids in the city are the rudest in the nation.
A new report from Solitaired.com ranked the nation's rudest kids by city, and Philadelphia came in at No. 1 for rude children.
"We asked respondents to rate the rudeness of the kids in their city on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the rudest," the report reads.
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Philadelphia got a "rudeness score" of 7.21.
The average score in the nation was 5.9
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According to the report, kids 5 to 8 in Philadelphia are most likely to disobey rules, and kids 9 to 12 are most likely to be absorbed in their phones.
Kids 9 to 12 and 12 to 17 in Philadelphia were ranked the rudest of all cities.
In April 2023, the site surveyed 1,402 Americans about rude kids in their city.
Overall rudeness for each city and age group was measured on a scale from 1 to 10.
Each specific behavior was scored on a scale from 1 to 5.
Respondents ranged in age from 18 to 76 years old, and were 49 percent female, 49 percent male, and 2 percent nonbinary.
See the full report online here.
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