What ever happened.....

You can have family values without faith, but it seems that it is harder to instill. So yes, I think faith, not religion plays a role in our morals. I also think that a problem we have is that we all wanted things "better" for our kids and forgot how good it was to wait for things, and work for things and be proud of ourselves. We tended to give them too much, too easily and they grew to expect it. Then they had children. Some might say we fell apart when "Mom" went to work, but that is not always so. It is a hard juggling act though. You have to be really committed to do the hard stuff.

I have always taught my son the difference between right and wrong just like I was taught. However, things can be out of one's control. I am divorced, it was necessary. My child became a juvenile delinquent despite all my attempts to stir him in the right direction. My son dropped out of school in grade 9, I went to university and got two degrees. Life does not always turn out the way you wanted to even when you try your hardest to make it happen.

Personally I have always wondered this one as well, and have wondered why so many kids are not taught RESPECT for their elders as well. So many times you see some of these kids grow up and they have no work ethic, they are disrespectful, and expect everything handed to them. I am not sure when people failed bringing up their kids but people should not expect Welfare to supply them a home, food, etc or for people to just continue to feel Sorry for them and give them a place to sleep.

To be honest...religion has always been a tool to keep people in a certain place. For the most part..the values it is supposed to teach...for the most part I say again..are good values. I am not part of an organized group anymore..not like when I was a child..but there are things that I have taken with me and still hold dear. I think there is much more to any of this than a lack of religion though. I think that it is a number of things. I did just have a crazy thought though. It is funny how the worst thing in the garden of eden that adam and eve could have done was eat from the tree of knowledge. Wow. Knowledge bad. Interesting thought..I will have to ponder it a bit.

Religion? No. I am Christian, and I am learning that religion isn't the answer. That may sound like a contradiction, but it's not. In the Bible, Jesus warns us to not get wrapped up in religion, but to focus on our relationship with God. In several places in the Bible, it also says that God's name is hallowed..which means that there is really no need for us to call him by a name. God is simply love. If we all lived by the rules of love, there would be no more greed, and no more need. God's kingdom is a described as a place where everyone provides for each other, loves each other, heals each other, and there is no need. That is why religion won't help. when people focus on religion rather than love, they get caught up in judgement, self seeking prayer, and rituals. This type of behavior leads us away from the kingdom of God. In order to get to God's kingdom we have to love him, love ourselves, and love everyone around us. I think the biggest problem is that we have created a fend-for-yourself society where we have forgotten how to love because we have to be self seeking as a means of survival. We have forgotten the rules of love. There is a complete list of the rules of love here: http://www.motleyrose.com/2012/02/rose-of-day-28-red-rose-love-is-always.html I fall short of these rules a lot, but I am working on it. I am praying that God helps me with this. I am also praying that the rest of the world would have a desire to live by these rules too, and that he would help them also. I firmly believe that if this were to happen, life would be better than it was in the 30's. It would be heaven on earth. I hope that others will join me in praying for this, because the Bible says that whenever two or more agree, it will be done. all I have to say about that is AMEN!!

Dear celticeagle you are so right. I often wonder about that too. seeing that the younger people, raised by my own generation, are not polite at all, think they own the world etc. but sadly also these who had good role models at home sometimes dont live up to what they were taught. When you talk about divorce it takes two to tango and when one of them says I dont want to dance with you any more then thats it. I am a strongly believing Catholic but I cant make my husband stay if he insists on walking out of the door.......Many people are simply not trying but give up too soon.

I just thought parents should be the one who will start on this. First be the best example for their kids and be the first one to teach their kids to have fear in God and to teach right and wrong, good and bad. If all parents follow this I think no one in this world would be so bad like now a days.

For me personally, I am thankful for my religion because it's also the foundation of my faith. I just can't believe on something without it being taught to me first. I see religion as like a do's and don'ts and without it, we never know how to truly exercise our freedom within a confine. And therefore how can one impart the knowledge of which is right or wrong when he himself has none to start with? For me religion is not the only thing to base our lives on. But for me it is very important.

The lack of family values is like a disease in our society. I believe that it should start at home so that children will have something with them to help them differentiate right from wrong. A lot of factors may affect our everyday lives but strong values are what keeps us on the right tract. So I encourage all parents and guardians to pls. be a good model to the young ones. Let's save the world while we still can.

Humans have in general become as you say selfish and are not prepared to stay and work at something if it is difficult. They want things today because life is short, yes Mums and Dads have a share of the blame they want their kids to have the best and that they don't stand out as the poor ones that does not have the new toy. When life gets difficult and the new Mums and Dads find it difficult to get along they separate and move on to greener grass only to find that the new grass is not so green. The kids get all the new toys usually even if Mum and Dad are separated, so they don't realise that things have to be worked for. Communities don't work and play together and families are locked in their own little environment. You celtic don't need me to tell you what has gone wrong, you know as well as I do do that the old three musketeers slogan "All for one, one for all" is what is missing today. Yes life is difficult but if society works together there is a way. I am not religious but religion is a way of pulling communities together. Teach the kids life ain't easy, life ain't fair but together there is a way.