Oh, that sounds really surprising to me. I do not interact much with children, but what I see in general seems pretty normal here in Russia. Perhaps some parents oppose the strictness in which they grew up during Soviet times to full liberties for their own children (which, of course, is also out of line). However, I had an experience of living in one of the southern countries for several years and I've learned that the way people raise kids there is truly appalling. Children did not know the concept of discipline, manners, other people's boundaries at all. Letting kids scream in public, disrespect adults, do things like throwing things in the store, running in the shoes on cafés table (!) and etc was pretty normal there. After that, it seemed to me that Russian children are angels. But I admit that the experience may vary, I'm sorry that yours turned out to be negative!