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What do you believe have caused family values in america to deteriorate?
Or perhapse you believe they are the same as always or even better than yesteryear?
I really would not use theterm deteriot I would call it a shift. To address your point though I would say the pill has a lot to do with it.
What do you mean? Can you elaborate?
What do you believe have caused family values in america to deteriorate?
Or perhapse you believe they are the same as always or even better than yesteryear?
Are americans more selfish making family bonding, marriage and children come second?
1) "No-fault divorce". By making divorce easier families tend to fall apart much more quickly during the tough times.
2) The idea that single parent families are just as valid and healthy for children as two parent homes with a mom and a dad which leads to...
3) ...the idea that any grouping of people can be as valid and healthy for children as two parent homes with a mom and a dad.
What do you believe have caused family values in america to deteriorate?
Or perhapse you believe they are the same as always or even better than yesteryear?
Are americans more selfish making family bonding, marriage and children come second?
No fault divorce and birth control has done so much good for "family values", it's almost impossible to comprehend there actually being a time when people were forced by the government to be a "family" and raise children against their will.
The family values of our society is changing, lowering in my opinion. Things such as divorce is frequent, adultery is frequent, one parent is normal, homosexuals are allowed to stay together, even marry in some cases, homosexuals will soon be able to adopt if the trend continues, people get less and less children, people spend more and more time with work, less and less time with family, children just sit in front of game machines and computers, even when families are with each other they spend much less time together and more and more alone time.. I think its deteriorating.. The good old family of mom/dad +2-4 kids and a good healthy family life, family activities, family pride, family time and so fourth.
I giggled. You're too much. :mrgreen:
The only way I think its gotten worse, is that people who are basically grown adults, act like children well into their late 20s and sometimes well into there 30s. People used to get married at 16 and live out on their own, and now we've got people living in mom and dads house into their late 20s. Young men lied about their age, to join the service, during times of wars that had body counts way higher than what we can barely seem to put up with these days. Women having children at 17 were not uncommon, but they were much more adult than the ones at 17 having the kids now. I really don't know what the cause of this is, but it seems like kids are living with their parents longer and longer. Part of our society is to blame, for treating young adults as though they are children, and not asking them to show any responsibility in their formative younger years. Thus when they are 21, they are not even the equal to the work ethic of a 14 year old of days gone by.
Well, we could go on and on... but I remember one thing very clearly.
Decades ago my grandmother used to shake her head in disgust and talk about the 'good 'ole days.'
I suspect that in 1850 people used to talk about the 'good 'ole days.'
I suspect that in 1500 people used to talk about the 'good 'ole days.'
I have no doubt that people in every culture throughout time have talked about the 'good 'ole days.'
Nothing new here.
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God I loathe the conservative myth of the superior morality of yesterday.
Segregation, women's domestic enslavement, the entire world with electricity being divided into two camps who were always five minutes away from obliterating each other, etc.
No, things were not better.
They're better now because of liberals.
If we did what conservatives want we'd still be living in caves.
You want to be Gran Torino?
You'll have to explain how conservatives are responsible for domestic enslavement, not ending the cold war, and segregation. Hell, liberals are the reason there is a "Parental Adivsory" sticker on CDs. It was Tipper Gores PMCA that started all that garbage, and there were hearings about music by the democratic lead Congress over the issue in the 80s.
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