What generation did parents stop teaching their children manners?

Answer 1

generation x, y, and z

Answer 2

BEST LOGICAL ANSWER...

I am gonna have to say that happened some time in the 80's.
Seems that during that time alot of people began raising Families single handedly shorting out the child a ton of need parental guidance, not to mention the dollar started becoming the goal.

Ever since then, more 2 parent Families have dissolved, the dollar has become more desired, and technology has over taken alot of social interaction. We just get further away from manners because we are getting further away from each other internally so, therefore externally is the same.

Answer 3

I don't honestly think I can pinpoint a specific generation per se, but the disintegration of manners has definitely become more pronounced. Perhaps it was during the sixties when people started rebelling against traditions, or during the seventies(aka the "me" decade). What happened, most likely, is that those people who were taught manners didn't see them being reinforced by their peers, so they stopped using them. And, in turn, many of them forgot to teach them to their kids.

Answer 4

I personally still tech manners in my home, and now I am working on grandchildren. So, I think this has always been an issue. However, I have really noticed an increase in the last 20years or so. Isn't it very sad and discouraging to see so many people in the world acting so ill-mannered and as heathens. Have a blessed Christmas and a joyous New Year! God bless****

Answer 5

I think that it really has a lot to do with family. I started noticing a big increase in rudeness in the late 90's, from young people. It seems like, starting in the 80's, it became much easier to get a divorced and it was accepted a lot more than when I was a kid. Staying together as a family used to be very important. It doesn't seem to be anymore. Too many people have kids today and are not married or they get married but split up soon after. A single working parent sends the child to daycare and public school because thay have no choice. The public school system ends up raising our kids. A child needs a stable home with both parents there. I learned manners from my Mother and my Father. They worked together as a team to keep us kids on the right path. I was far from being the perfect kid but the morals and manners my parents taught me stuck with me later in life. Today the epidemic of single parents combined with the government sticking it's nose into how kids are raised is producing a lot of smart mouthed, rude, me first kids. You can't spank your kid, thats child abuse. The school teacher can't send your kid to the principals office to get a whack on the butt with a wooden paddle anymore, thats unheard of now. We don't want to damage thier self esteem, do we? It was common when I was a kid in school in the 60's and 70's to let the school disipline your kid. If a kid was rude to an adult in public, other adults would let them know about it. Now everyone looks the other way. I hope that this changes with the next generation but I am not very hopeful. Kids are shown in school that thier self esteem comes first. They are in for a huge shock when they get into the real world and find out that no one gives a rip about thier self esteem and that they are not going to be handed a living on a silver platter. Has anyone noticed that a lot of young adults in thier 20's are still living at home after high school? Many of them that I meet are not working and are offended when I ask them why not? When I was a kid, we could not wait until we were 18 and could get out on our own. No one I knew wanted to keep living at home after high school. This really seems to have changed in the last 15 years or so.

I will give you an example of what I am talking about. A young couple, the son and daughter in law of a friend of mine, were in the store with thier 7 year old son. He decided to throw a fit because they would not buy him the candy he wanted. His father gave him a whack on the butt and told him to knock it off. One of the store employees called the police and reported child abuse. The police came and arrested the father (I kid you not!) and social service came and took the kid away from the mother!!! The parents had to attend "parenting" classes taught by the state and submit to allowing the state representatives into thier home to do regular evaluations. Now, I know this young couple. They are good parents and certianly do not abuse thier kid. The father told me about the "parenting" classes. They are being told to NEVER disipline the child and never give the child a spanking. It might damage the childs self esteem. What a load of bull. If this young couple violates this teaching and are reported, the state will take thier kid away! Now, I realize that these laws were originally written to protect children from abusive parents but this is not how they are being enforced. Well I guess that's enough. I will get down off my soap box for now.

Answer 6

well i have a 2 yo. i am in my early 20s
and i have the most polite well mannered child around.
i dont believe all the blame lies in our day and age it is a personal decision every parent has to make on how to raise their kids--some people do a better job than others
your childs behavior is a direct reflection of your parenting and discipline
i am sorry for those who disagree but i have to believe if i raise her right these values will somehow stick with her

Answer 7

Its a triangulation effect. 4 generations ago there were a few that stopped. Their offspring repeated the cycle and a few more parents stopped.... repeat and repeat and now we are raising a generation of idiots

Answer 8

The 17th generation of the Monarch Vaximus.

Answer 9

When the "me" generation decided that self-happiness and immediate gratification were more important than the whole of society.

Answer 10

This one