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Originally Posted by janmcn
Perhaps morals, integrity and ethical behavior became passe' when Catholic priests were allowed to molest young boys and the Cardinals covered up for them.
Or perhaps when football coaches were allowed to molest young boys and the universities looked the other way.
Or perhaps when military personnel are allowed to rape and sexually harass young females under their command and get away with it.
This is not America's youth that is failing, these are middle-aged men. How do you explain this outrageous behavior to young people today? Kids don't have to go to R rated movies, all they have to do is watch the evening news.
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I doubt if many teens and preteens pay a huge amount of attention to various scandals going on that are covered by the news unless they are somehow directly or indirectly involved in the matter. There have been any number of sexual, political, financial and criminal incidents that have brought the wrath of the media and popular opinions in the last 100 years or so. There are huge events that certainly have a huge influence on our children like the Vietnam War, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, 9/11, Presidential assassinations, the Newtown massacre, the Boston Marathon bombing which would probably have a lot more influence.
In my experience, it is the peers that have the most influence on preteens and teens. Then the parents, the teachers, and last of all the media have sway. Of course, with social media often being a mix of all of these....