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There are many factors for this, but parents are in control and failing to just talk to their kids and stay close. It starts with disinterest at an early age. I see this as a shift that as a societal 'global warming' with far-reaching impact for the children of this generation.
Proof that each generation produces a more liberal generation than the stodgy one before them.
In terms of religion, my own seven children have about the same average dedication to the Mormon faith as my own generation, that is, about the same as the average among my wife and me, my siblings, and my brothers- and sisters-in-law. That observation may or may not be generally true among Mormons.
Of course it would help if our Republican leaders actually had been acting like Republicans, instead of Democrats.
That said, it's still possible to raise conservative children. At age 14 and 11, my kids are very aware of politics and the world, and see things with conservative, religious values.
I think some of you people need to get out of your little box...
As for you senior missionary in Peru... you state "That observation may or may not be generally true among Mormons."
Typical for you to stand on your box and say that these problems don't affect the Mormons. That all is well in la la land... keep thinking that... you will see how wrong you are!
However, if I had to make a generalization from my years of being a youth and working with youth, then I would have to say that the moral climate and the free thinking, and the overall manners and entitlement of the youth is reaching empidemic proportions.
I love,honor and admire the aging generation. I not only support their stand on moral issues, but I strive to live them and ingrain them into my students.
The youth of today have so many opportunities at their fingertips. Yet with the attitude that many are taking, many of those opportunities may be taken away because of this attitude of free thinking. This may come from an outside influence, but more likely from an addiction that they have brought upon themselves because of that very attitude.
I love the youth and pray for their success.
- We are demanding higher pay while working less hours than any previous generation.
- Key educational metrics (ACT scores, literacy rates) are trending down.
- The amount of wasted time (i.e. time spent watching TV, movies, texting, surfing the web, and playing video games) are trending up.....WAY up.
- The sense of entitlement to have whatever your parents had without having to work for it is also up.
- Poor financial planning/management is worse among the young.
Looking at these facts, it's easy to see why my generation are electing people like Obama - promises of getting something for nothing, removal of personal responsibility, etc. I take that back....we're not as idiotic as I stated previously.
Every society that has ever let traditional morality fall apart has fallen itself. Children need both fathers and mothers, and suffer from the lack of either one. Plenty of social research backs this up.
It is so ridiculous watching liberals talk out of both sides of their mouths - on the one hand they say that it doesn't matter the gender of parents, and then you get female politicians and judges - who "bring something totally different" to their positions. How is it that gender matters in politics, business and the judicial system, but not in parenting?
Don't pride yourself on how conservative you children are at the ripe old ages of 11 or 14 or even 18, 20, or 30. At the age of 30 I was a conservative monster! Now I cringe when I think of those dogmatic, ignorant times!
Parents have to learn the truth that YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OR INFLUENCE ON YOUR CHILDREN'S ULTIMATE POLITICAL BELIEFS! As much as you try to indoctrinate them, they will be more persuaded by contemporaries rather than you. Get used to it. Your religion and your politics are one generation from extinction.
I completely agree with you that with every generation there are good and bad. I am not saying that all the youth of today are amazing, wonderful people, and that the older generation is full of closed minded, bigots! I know many, many people of the older generation, who I look up to an admire. All I am saying is that this new generation has all of these oppurtunities because of our free thinking. Imagine how it would be if the free thinkers of the past just sat aside and put racial rights and womens rights on the back burner??? Imagine what the older generations of Great Britian thought of the younger, free thinking people who sailed across the Atlantic in search of religous freedom??? The point is, great things happen, when people learn from the fathers, and their fathers before them, and dare to change things for the better! Of course my generation has things it needs to work on, but we will dare to push the envelope and bring freedom and free thinking to all. And it will be good!
If it weren't for them, we would see no progress whatsoever.
And this is the way it has been since time began.
How old are you? I think the legal voting age should be raised to one year older than whatever your age is!