WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH KIDS THESE DAYS?

    RECENTLY I heard, on a radio talk show, a frequent topic.  Apparently a high school class had misbehaved on prom night.  The commentator and his staff asked themselves the standard questions about “kids these days.”  And part of was “Why are parents doing a better job?”

      First, let me posit that, maybe, things really are not worse, than ever.  Maybe parents are involved, as always, and the increased media attention simply gives the wrong impression.  Certainly the over reaction of parents (e.g. attacking little league coaches) indicates overly involved parents.  However, I believe that the consensus is that parents are less active, and children suffer as a result.  And the next result is a deterioration of the behavior of youth. 

      I offer a reason why.  When standards, anywhere, are lowered, most people will work less hard.  When the passing grade is lowered to 60 from 70, students will study less.  Not only will the marginal students study less, but also the best students can now achieve a high(er) grade with less effort.  This may not be universal, but, I believe, most people will accept the temptation to reduce their “work load.”     

     The weakening of family bonds is a cost of abortion.  Back in the old days unwanted pregnancies meant doing the honorable thing, which meant marriage and acceptance of the situation.  Now, people are quite satisfied with themselves if they do not kill their own children.  “Pro-life” groups routinely praise women simply because they did not commit murder.  They ignore that they are sinful fornicators.  

      The standards are now so low that merely allowing the child to be born is probably, in the minds of many parents, all that is owed to the child.  Abortion has more costs than are normally acknowledged. 

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Comments

[Toby]

Could it also be that parents spoil the children they do have out of guilt for aborting or contracepting the children they didn't? Each time their child asks for money or permission to do something, the parent feels guilty for the child who wasn't born and can't ask for such things, or else feels guilty for having considered aborting the child who is asking. The fact that they look at their children as the children that they personally chose to have instead of as the children God chose them to have may also induce the parents to indulge the children more than was the case in the past.