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Connected with youths, but complaining about them? (4,4,3,4)

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I believe the answer is:

down with the kids

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'youths but complaining about them?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'connected with' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'with' could be 'w' (abbreviation) and 'w' is located in the answer.
'connected' could be 'on' (synonyms) and 'on' is located in the remaining letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for down with the kids that I've seen before include "acting like teenagers?" , "Expression of disapproval of children" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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