(05-18-2018, 01:23 PM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(05-18-2018, 01:19 PM)TurndownforWatt Wrote: It's not really one generation, but a steady deterioraion of the American family from one generation to the next. People are so detached today, especially with two income households today and the reluctance to even use corporal punishment anymore. When I was growing up it was extremely common to go out to the store or restaurant and witness a public *** whipping...I can't remember the last time I saw one of those. Hell when I was growing up you could even catch a ***  whipping from someone who wasn't a parent. Parents as a whole don't discipline anymore and kids are socially [BLEEP] sucked into their phones, tablets, and other electronic devices...they don't develop real face to face social skills.

Totally agree here. This is why I refuse to let my son use our tablet. He's 2 and has no reason to use it but I see many parents out there who just give the phone or tablet to keep them quiet.

I just disagree with some posters who are trying to pin the blame on one generation. One generation is influenced by the previous one. These millenials were taught my the generation before them so they should be partially to blame as well right?

I believe Millenials have been done a great disservice.  A lot of the mistrust and skepticism they have of those before them have been earned.  So, it's very difficult for them to understand fact from fiction, the dangerous and destructive from that which has been proven good.  There's been a distinct shift from being led by intellect to being lead by emotion.  The interesting thing being, we've become more irrational in the age where technology/logic plays a greater role in our lives.

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