What happened to our generation

[wrldstrman]

I not writing this toward anyone here but about our generation.What happened that kids today have become so bad.I work on a college campus and I just cant belive the disrespect shown toward authority figures,the foul langauge,all the drug use and alcohol abuse,all the rampat sex,and a large homosexual group.all the kids that are into witchcraft and role playing.they come in at 3am 4am 5am..destroy property of others than want to call a lawyer and sue if their arrested.kids show up driving 60 thousand dollar cars and seem to have a endless supply of money.they are rude.What happened that our kids have gotton so bad.I shudder to think what will happen if the Lord doesnt return what our kids,children will be like.

 

[tryme]

I also am not talking about anyone here but in generalities.

My mother stayed home while me and my brother were in school.
She was always heavily involved with our lives.
Den mother for the cub scouts and girl scout leader.
Was always a school room mother and went to ever PTA meeting.

My parents also are still happily married and always brought us to church.
Including vacation Bible school and summer church camps.

I think in this day and age there are more broken homes and both parents working if still together.
The children do not seem to get the attention they deserve.

I have no children but I have seen how some of my "friends" treat their young ones.
When they get home after a long day they want to relax and the children to be good and quiet.
All the children want to do is connect with their parent(s) before going to bed.

I know the few times my dad had to work overtime growing up I resented it.
Thank goodness I was older and it was not for too long of periods of time he had to do that.

Many children today are RUDE and DISRESPECTFUL.
And if the are disrespecful of others than it also probably applies to themselves.
Maybe that is why they do other things like all the abuses.

 

[MoodyBlue]

Actually, I thought our generation wrote the book on casual sex, drugs and alcohol abuse. I saw plenty of it when I was in college, along with bad attitudes and disrespect for authority. However, I do agree that today's kids are spoiled, having grown up in greater affluence. They have better and newer vehicles than I do. They seem to expect things to be handed to them without having to work for it. They don't think they need to pay any dues, work their way up the ladder. They want everything we worked years to get, but they want it now.

So, like you, I do have some concerns over how this generation will handle things, once they are in charge.

 

[Tricia4Jesus]

The government stepped into it and started shouting orders about how we couldn't spank our kids and discipline them anymore. Thus we now have the fallout of all of that, when our kids are going to school with the intent of killing their teachers and classmates. The kids are roaming wild today and the government and officials are wondering why. E*Diots!!

 

[Mela'h]

The break down of the nuclear family has done so much damage. Our parents were raising us during the start of the sexual revolution. Remember - "If it feels good, do it"? Divorce was becoming an acceptable thing to do and even portrayed as an empowering thing for women. The drug culture was all the rage and getting high and dropping out were the norm. We grew up in that, and then we became the "Me" generation. No wonder our kids are screwed up.....

Our pastor did a door to door survey and talked to the people in our town. The results were staggering. An unbelievable 75% of homes in our town are single parent homes. Children are raising themselves and have no support from the immediate family. There is no longer family time, no sitting down together for meals, no connecting in any real emotional sense.

Children learn about relationship by modeling the relationships of significant adults in their lives....there are no longer any significant adults in their lives and they turn to their peer group and it is just the blind leading the blind.


That is why I am involved in youth ministry. It is amazing how much positive influence one person can be in the lives of our kids. Just believing in them and loving them makes huge differences in their lives.

 

[woman.at.the.well]

I not writing this toward anyone here but about our generation.What happened that kids today have become so bad.I work on a college campus and I just cant belive the disrespect shown toward authority figures,the foul langauge,all the drug use and alcohol abuse,all the rampat sex,and a large homosexual group.all the kids that are into witchcraft and role playing.they come in at 3am 4am 5am..destroy property of others than want to call a lawyer and sue if their arrested.kids show up driving 60 thousand dollar cars and seem to have a endless supply of money.they are rude.What happened that our kids have gotton so bad.I shudder to think what will happen if the Lord doesnt return what our kids,children will be like.

An interview that took place on CBS's "The Early Show" on the Thursday morning after the terrorist attacks.

Jane Clayson, not Bryant Gumbel, conducted the interview with Anne Graham Lotz.

According to the transcript of the broadcast, Clayson asked, "I've heard people say, those who are religious, those who are not, if God is good, how could God let this happen? To that, you say?"

Lotz replied, "I say God is also angry when he sees something like this. I would say also for several years now Americans in a sense have shaken their fist at God and said, God, we want you out of our schools, our government, our business, we want you out of our marketplace. And God, who is a gentleman, has just quietly backed out of our national and political life, our public life. Removing his hand of blessing and protection. We need to turn to God first of all and say, God, we're sorry we have treated you this way and we invite you now to come into our national life. We put our trust in you. We have our trust in God on our coins, we need to practice it."


Source = http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/a/annelotz.htm


I too work at a school only it is an elementary and I am more and more frustrated and exasperated each and every day by the very same things you are questioning wrldstrman.

I have tried many times over the 6 yrs I've been at this school to get the "supposed" Christians in this building together to pray once a week before we start school -- to no avail. So I'm not surprised that non-Christians have let God slip out of places where He should be.

Please pray people. Please pray. We have so many kids -- younger and older -- that are from broken homes, who don't know our Lord & Savior. Who don't know Godly values and morals. Who have no idea who Christ is let alone try to follow His example.

Pray people pray!!! Pray for the children of this country -- whether they are in college or in elementary school. And finally, pray for families, for schools, for gov'ts, for all forms of business -- that they beg for God to come back where He belongs . . .EVERYWHERE!!!

We are seeing the results first hand of His absence in places where He once felt comfortable to go and be with His people/children.

After you pray, make a difference and DO something to make God feel welcome where He should be again!

 

[If Not For Grace]

Tradition has lost its importance in our society and the gender roles have spliced.

TV/Interent (tech stuff) has made the world more of an influence than just our "circle of friends/neighborhood" etc.

There is some good and some bad about it all. I do not think it can be repaired or even that it is supposed to be. All civilizations must eventually decline...

At any rate we can only do what we can do, "and for me an my house"....

(encourage anyone you know with problems to do the same...


D...

 

[Mela'h]

I do not think it can be repaired or even that it is supposed to be. All civilizations must eventually decline...

I agree dyanm. Things are unfolding....just like in the days of Noah, the moral and spiritual decline is evident. Jesus will come back soon.

 

[worldwatcher]

I agree dyanm. Things are unfolding....just like in the days of Noah, the moral and spiritual decline is evident. Jesus will come back soon.

AMEN!

 

[Andry]

I not writing this toward anyone here but about our generation.What happened that kids today have become so bad.

I don't think it's changed much. We just have shorter memories, and tend to idolize the 'good ol days' while forgetting much of the misery. If you look at the statistics, it's roughly the same. Drug problems, just different today. Sex problem, just different today. Music "issues", just different today. Remember our generation's call of "sex, drugs, and rock n roll" Was that not rebellion? Same today. (In fact, in many major cities, violent crime is on the decrease. Also, as an aside, LA has less pollution today than 30 years ago.)

 

[edie19]

A couple of things come to mind - and like one of the previous posters, they involve the nuclear family.


1. We want to be our children's friend, not their parent. I tend to think this stems from our attitude of irresponsibilty growing up (the free love, drugs are ok, do what feels good stuff).

2. We substitute things for family time - we think if our kids are busy (music lessons, sports, youth group) then they won't have time to get in trouble. Problem is, that's wrong thinking. Even with our church youth groups we tend to look at "activities" over "doctrine."

3. Which brings us to, lack of quality family time. How many families rarely, if ever, actually sit down to a family dinner. We leave the t.v. on during dinner, we eat on the run. Sitting down at a table with the radio and t.v. off allows us to have real conversations with our children - and to hear what they have to say.

My husband and I don't believe that 16 year olds belong behind the wheel of a car, so our kids didn't get licenses until they were 18 years. As a result, I was always driving them around. I learned more in the car than anywhere - my kids had a captive audience (and so did I). We need that "time."

 

[wrldstrman]

I don't think it's changed much. We just have shorter memories, and tend to idolize the 'good ol days' while forgetting much of the misery. If you look at the statistics, it's roughly the same. Drug problems, just different today. Sex problem, just different today. Music "issues", just different today. Remember our generation's call of "sex, drugs, and rock n roll" Was that not rebellion? Same today. (In fact, in many major cities, violent crime is on the decrease. Also, as an aside, LA has less pollution today than 30 years ago.)

I would agree that we did have these problems but not to the scale and acceptance of today..Divorce back then happened but today peolpe dont give it a second thought the tv personalities make marraige out to be a game to be played and the media kind of makes light of it in a funny way.Far as the homosexual acts yes there were homosexuals back then but they kept it hidden.now its almost like its hip to be gay i even saw a commerical for a dating site using two gay men.The music back a few years ago wasnt the best but now they play music with foul language and perveted words on the radio all the time.Guess the biggest thing is that now that all these things have become acceptable to the biggest part of society.

 

[~A.Pure.Heart~]

I not writing this toward anyone here but about our generation.What happened that kids today have become so bad.I work on a college campus and I just cant belive the disrespect shown toward authority figures,the foul langauge,all the drug use and alcohol abuse,all the rampat sex,and a large homosexual group.all the kids that are into witchcraft and role playing.they come in at 3am 4am 5am..destroy property of others than want to call a lawyer and sue if their arrested.kids show up driving 60 thousand dollar cars and seem to have a endless supply of money.they are rude.What happened that our kids have gotton so bad.I shudder to think what will happen if the Lord doesnt return what our kids,children will be like.

I don't think kids are very different than they were when I was that age. I think it's our perspecxtive that has changed.

But, in regard to the thankless attitude...maybe they've never had to go without, and so, didn't learn to be grateful.

I know many very good young people. Who don't fit into the picture you just portrayed. But, I live in an area that isn't filled with people who are spoiled by the instant gratification of the wealthy.

 

[heartnsoul]

Granted, the world has always had its problems...but the one constant that was there in the past but no longer constant now is DISCIPLINE.

We live in a world now that everything is a shade of gray and God's principles are not valued or upheld anymore. We are seeing less and less tolerance for God and more of the "Me" philosophy.

Even Christians are now polarized...the liberal Christians and conservative Christians are having difficulty getting along. Our churches have weakened and thus, the FAMILY UNIT as a whole has weakened.

The underlying problem that is causing these so-called "badness" in children is the lack of or consistent DISCIPLINE.

Instead of using the rod, parents are now sparing the rod. Very very sad predicament we are in right now.

 

[heartnsoul]

I would agree that we did have these problems but not to the scale and acceptance of today..Divorce back then happened but today peolpe dont give it a second thought the tv personalities make marraige out to be a game to be played and the media kind of makes light of it in a funny way.Far as the homosexual acts yes there were homosexuals back then but they kept it hidden.now its almost like its hip to be gay i even saw a commerical for a dating site using two gay men.The music back a few years ago wasnt the best but now they play music with foul language and perveted words on the radio all the time.Guess the biggest thing is that now that all these things have become acceptable to the biggest part of society.

The music back in the 40's and 50's were WONDERFUL. The lyrics were more meaningful and wholesome. A lot of kids nowadays would make fun of singers like Johnny Mathis, Doris Day, Perry Como, Connie Francis, Nat King Cole, etc. Heck, even mentioning the world "flea market or goodwill/thrift store" would make some kids cringe and frown. Times have definitely changed. From a technology standpoint, it has been a positive advancement in the right direction. However, from a quality family life perspective, it has been declining.

 

[Just Me Garry]

While I was growing up we had a black and white tv. They did not even have color TV then. Watched shows like Red Skelton, Lost In Space which was my favorite as a kid.

had an old record player that played the 33rpm and 45rpm records. Today we have Desperate houswives, Howard Stern and everything imaginable that is twisting and perverting the minds of people, not just young people.

We could pray in school and say the pledge of allgieance. The Gideons handed out New Testaments to us in the schools. It is now wrong to do such. We wait till they are in prison to give em bibles.

 

[saelestis]

They are living out the messages that are thrown at them by the media, in part. In kid's cartoons, the kids know it all, have it all, and the parents are clueless buffoons. This message persists all the way into adult programming. The attitudes are in the music, the movies, and so on, as well as in certain games, particularly certain console games like the Vice City series. Essentially, they devour a steady diet of chaos and lawlessness.

$60,000.00? I wish I had that as a Bible school freshman! Then I could have completed my Christian education at Nyack College. They have too much money and not enough morality. If they were just scraping by to be there, parents hardly able to pay, they would not that way. I got my degree from The New School in New York City, by the way. It took 12 years of night school but I made it.

I found that, as with all things, roleplaying is what you make of it. If there is evil in your heart, your actions in the game will reveal it- as well as if there is the most heroic. It's a problem, though, when some people refuse to leave the game and keep acting as if they were still in it.

I think basically they need to be won for Christ, and it must be a substantial number of them so the others can see a difference in them.

I not writing this toward anyone here but about our generation.What happened that kids today have become so bad.I work on a college campus and I just cant belive the disrespect shown toward authority figures,the foul langauge,all the drug use and alcohol abuse,all the rampat sex,and a large homosexual group.all the kids that are into witchcraft and role playing.they come in at 3am 4am 5am..destroy property of others than want to call a lawyer and sue if their arrested.kids show up driving 60 thousand dollar cars and seem to have a endless supply of money.they are rude.What happened that our kids have gotton so bad.I shudder to think what will happen if the Lord doesnt return what our kids,children will be like.

 

[heartnsoul]

They have too much money and not enough morality.

Amen! And in actuality, it's their mommies & daddies that have too much money. That generation doesn't know the meaning of discipline, hard work and earning money for themselves. I hear so many parents comment, "I give to my children all the things that I was deprived of when growing up." And therein lies the problem. I am of the belief that it is far better to teach someone how to fish instead of just giving someone a fish. Educating people is the answer, not the "Robin Hood Theory. ...and then those parents wonder why so many children are lazy and irresponsible.

With all this said though, we definitely have to get "God" back into the fabric of our society so discipline and tough love are taught to the younger generations.

 

[Just Me Garry]

Kids today know more about sex at age 5 than I did at age 15.

But look at the media they are exposed too nowadays. Whatever happened to the old Red Skelton shows.

 

[thunderbyrd]

look up "indigo children" on the internet, if you want to see how bad it's going to be with the next crop that's coming on...