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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
The breakdown of extended families had something to do with relaxed attitudes towards respect. I know that when I was growing up we were taught to respect our elders......Grandparents were given the right to chastise children......and grandparents were often the carers of shildren while the parents went out to work...so what could be considered Old fashioned values were instilled into the children without them realisie.
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I'm sorry you disagree with me so wrongly Doug. Of course I'm not blaming Mrs Thatcher per se, after all we as a country elected her government. I do however think that our selfish attitude started in the eighties, and not the liberal sixties.
We became a nation that put self first, and consumerism as our God paramount. We now have a whole generation who expects as a right, all the latest designer goods they want, be it clothes or the latest expensive gadgets. People won't scrimp and save to get what they want like they used to, they expect what they think of as a good quality of life now.
I also agree with Margaret about the breakdown of family life is a major contibution to the problem.
Trouble with marriage- easy to get divorced, and excahange like you would a faulty DVD player.
Granny getting old? Instead of her living with her family, and using her life skills, easier to stick her in a home.
All attitudes I think came to prominence in the 80's, not the 60's, in my view.