Thread: What's wrong with us??.

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The human race has become very desensitized. Not much shocks us anymore. Only about 50 years ago we would have been outraged over some of the things that are happening but today it is like business as usual.

You can blame it on a lot of factors, but I think one of the biggest contributors is the breakdown of the family unit and home. Kids used to come home from school and there was Mom waiting for them to ask how their day was and just talk with them. Now, most families have to have two incomes to just squeak by, so when the kids get home (if they even come home) they are greated by an empty house and no one to be there for them and guide them. Women wanted to be equal to men, and now that they have it lots of them see it wasn't as rosey as they envisioned.

I think a lot of it started going downhill with the hippie generation (us). All of a sudden whatever made you feel good was ok and encouraged. Yeah, they spouted love and equality, but what that lifestyle really fostered were kids who were free to do whatever they wanted, and as we all know, what kids REALLY want are strong role models they can look up to and emulate. Most of us had that when we were growing up, but we let our own kids down by not being there for them in the ways they needed us to be.

And, as mentioned, we have gotten away from knowing and caring for other people. We knew and trusted our neighbors years ago, but now our kids are taught (rightfully so in lots of cases) to distrust ANYONE, even the couple living right next door. We also don't take responsibility for our actions anymore...........we always try to blame someone else or let someone else take the hit.

But there are so many other pieces to this puzzle, like video games that make it seem ok to blow someone away, schools that have become revolving doors and who are taken to task when they try to discipline some unruly child, and a lousy economy that gives our future workers very little hope of getting a piece of the American Dream, and finally, what I consider the biggest factor to bring our society to the low level it is now at, DRUGS. Almost every crime and problem we face today comes directly from drugs, and no one can dispute that fact.

Soap box put away.

Don