Do you agree that irresponsible parenthood is the root of society's weakening of values? What do you think?

Question

Do you agree that irresponsible parenthood is the root of society's weakening of values? What do you think?

Answer 1

The minute we allowed the government to dictate what the correct way of parenting we allowed a committee to parent. We all know how much gets done and how fast it gets done by committee and when something goes wrong no one is to blame. Societies biggest problem is no one is to blame it is a disorder of some type. I shot that guy because he cut me off at that last turn. It was the road rage not me. I'm not at fault. I shot all those kids in my school because they picked on me. Well I'm living proof you can be picked on cut off and not shoot up the whole world and still become a reasonable adult. I take responsibility for my actions right or wrong and it serves me well.   OOOO Sorry folks got on my soap box again. Have a Grand Day

I think I have a grocery store to shoot up!   HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Answer 2

Yes.  And the second biggest problem is our school system.

Answer 3

Yes. It self perpetuates.

Answer 4

I would not soley put the blame on the parents. I would blame the media for the weak values. Look whats on tv, s*x, violence and etc.. I think that magizines are the blame as well because they provide insight to what teens should do. Yes some parents do not know how to raise kids, but on the same note look what tv has brought to our culture.

Answer 5

Yes, I think the parenting plays a very important role. However, these days kids(I know cuz i am their age) are sooo good at hiding things that many times parents don't have a clue what is going on. Also, bullying can cause the children being bullied to turn into monsters, however, the bullies are usually the ones with the problems to start out with. Low self-confidence, parents divorced, and they promote that negative energy to others. Also, public schools are going down the drain. Education is key to strengthen society and it is not the USs top priority right now.

Answer 6

Parenting and education.

Answer 7

Irresponsible parenthood, yes it could be blamed for it. However laid back parenting can help build strong character and also allow the children to have fun.

Answer 8

society's weakening values?  perception varies.  still, maybe not so much irresponsible parenting as ignorant parenting.

Answer 9

I do not believe irresponsible parenting is the MAIN cause of this. I'm sure many parents out there did a great job at raising their kids but there are other factors to consider.

I was watching interesting videos on 60minutes about 'millennials.'  you should check it out. http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/113/m...

Answer 10

Yes, as a Teacher I see the results of irresponsible parents everyday. Kids are having kids and then expecting parents to raise them if not them they expect the government to do it. It won't be long before people will expect the government to be present at the birth of a child, the take it away to raise it, at no cost to the  mother.

Answer 11

I think poor parenting is a systematic of a society masked my impersonality.  Disconnected or remote.

Answer 12

No doubt about it. At least in the old days if the parents were rotten, the teachers could whip one into shape, but they've taken that asset away as well.

Answer 13

more like the government taking parental rights away that would have kept the kids under control.and now here we have a question like this blaming the parents.

Answer 14

children do as the see and learn. anything they see that there parents do then they assume its okay, however once a child reaches a certain age and are able to comprehend right and wrong then it no longer has anything to do with the parents.

Answer 15

oooh a lot in this question my friend. It depends on when you feel society began losing its values. If you go back to the 1950s for example, which was a time of global change following the war. In Britain at this time values were certainly set by our parents and grand parents with the `my father and his father before him` attitude. From about the mid 50s though there was a shift in generation not to mention regeneration. Economically Europe was recovering from the war and those `young men and women who either fought in the front lines or worked to Keep this so called country great were seen, not as their parents children, but more so as indaviduals. In Glasgow `The single end` house,which was home for may be 2 adults and 5 kids were being replaced by new social housing and the onset of the60s saw a new trend in consumer credit. I believe this has more of a direct influence in the values of todays society.

Briefly we are only now seeing the renewal of social housing which has been left to fester or sold off under margaret thatcher over the past few decades. The later being a pro active attempt to avoid footing the bill of replaceing or renewing social housing.

The folly of badly thought through credit systems in the 1960s became a headache for the working man in the 70s as an economic downturn saw the rise of the 3 day working week and mass strikes by many including coal miners,firemen and nurses which brought the country to an almost stand still. You can imagine the knock on effect on local economies as people struggled to make ends meet with the future looking bleak and the debts mounting up.

This down turn brought a sever hardship in many places with the loss of jobs and financial insecurity bring the birth of a generation that would be called Maggies Generation. People were to become unemployed for decades and some would never know financial stability in thier life time. The emergence of a thriving black market, coupled with the need to survive drove a wedge between the social devide that has grown to huge proportions with devestating results.

So, to the question, no I do not believe it is irresponsible parenting but more, learned behaviour through social and economic breakdown, the lack of sustainable oppertunities and the degredation brought on us by various government s mismanagement of these issues that has brought about the weakening of societies values. And it may interest you to know I am not a socialist.

Answer 16

I agree 100%, parents shouls be made fully responsible for the actions of their children, until that child is old enough to take responsibility. When I mean fully - I'm talking legally, fines, jail - and if they still cant sort themselves out re-home the children !

and yes I have children.