Every generation gets worse, and here's why. Its a mixture of parenting, politics, and society in general. I remember when I would do something wrong back in the 80's and my dad would whoop my ass with the belt, then he would tell a story about if it was him, my grand dad would've made him go and pick a branch off the tree with thorns on it and he would use that. He hated that, so he went easier on me. In the same aspect, we go easier on our kids than our parents went on us because we didn't like it. Then you have laws now that dont allow you to spank your kids, and if you do they say its abuse, but then they blame you when your kid does wrong. And last but definately not least, you have peer pressure, so even if you are one of the few parents that raises your kids right, they are being led into new activities by their friends and peers. So its a lose lose. All you can do is hope that your kids turn out twice as good as you did. I have 8 kids, and I like to think that I raise them well, but nothing will compare to the good ol 80's and how we were brought up
