You can just blame the parents, as always. This hedonism is rife in most wealthy societies, not just ex-pat society in the M.E I find. And frankly, it's depressing.
With the pornification of modern culture and young people growing up with the expectation that every day should be a party, not therefore living in reality, this isn't surprising...
I say let the kids do it, let em suffer, learn the hard way, lesson learned.