Kids nowadays

Late last night I'm heading home from dinner when I spot two car with the hoods up
I decided I'd see if I can give an a hand and when I get there, there are three kids staring at these cars, one with a set of jumper cables in his hand...all three of em looking lost like all get up
I asked the kid with the cables if they needed any help
He told me they were trying to get one car started and I took on end of the cables from him
That's when I noticed he was holding both clamps together in one hand...together
So I took a moment to warn him of the possibility of the other guy not paying attention and zapping him
(I showed him how I always clamp one of the clamps on the cable so they can not touch)
Then I showed him red on red, black on black and got her running post-haste

I took the cables off my car, clamped on clamp on the cable (as I always do) and turned around to hand the kid the cables and saw him holding both clamps in o e hand again.

Makes me wonder, didn't their dad teach them the basics anymore?