[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Bucco

I am old...born in 1939. I have lived through many changes, most of them great and exciting.

You mentioned divorce, etc. that is not a reflection of human nature. That is something we allowed, at least in this country. If you are speaking of the USA alone, but none of these changes have altered human nature, which is to protect our young. It exists with the same fervor, throughout the world in humankind and the animal world, and throughout the world.

We sure can concentrate on this and call it a change, but headlines through the world, in this fast moving world, tell us that the desire to protect our young is still a basic human nature trait. We give that very little though.

That was my point in the post that never made it. We seem to also have a need, and this need is not human nature, to create problems for various reasons, but it is not, in my opinion our basic human behavior changing. I have always been a student of history, and if you review any headlines over the past 80 years, you will find that that desire to nurture, protect our young has not changed.

Yep, people sure do live differently, but the human desire to protect our young has not changed

I believe that how people raise their children from the time both you and I were born has changed and since mothers are separated from children now, I think they don't want to make waves in the more limited times they share. So they try NOT to show annoyance at bad behavior and THAT does harm to the child. They don't want to ruin the times they have with their child and treat them more like they are grandchildren rather than children. AND...instead of correcting the small stuff, which sometimes ends up being the big stuff, they overlook it. After all how important are manners? What does that mean teacher know about this dear child? I can see why he would sneak a drink, no big deal....do you see what I'm saying? Also the community is not involved in moral development like when we were little in the forties. If we stole strawberries from Mrs. Pazootie, we would be in big-um trouble.