Childhood Moral Decline

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In recent years, American morals have almost declined to a point of no return; as a result of society, parenting and schooling. Looking back on how things used to be, much has changed from how we discipline or talk to about people. Society as a whole combined with loose media scrutiny or regulation has paved the way to traditional moral decline by trying to show how women and children are to see themselves, the influence of our own parenting also has a definite role in teaching our new generation morals, but to be followed up by our school system and how they relay the message of any morals to be taught to our future children gives us a sad look and a reference on how we live our lives as a whole. Society is a big part as to why morals have …show more content…

For example young boys in urban areas in America are exposed to bad language and violent act from these media sources they tend to act out in the same manner. Also the same can be said about our young girls seeing these models portrayed in a current light. When they are exposed to these advertisement causes young woman and girls to believe that they also can look like celebrities. For these young adults these portrayals have and had caused a negative impact on their lives and self-esteem. Most older mothers and fathers who have raised their children to adulthood se young parents in a negative light because the older mothers and fathers feel that they have raised a perfect child. Also, the younger parents who were raised in a stricter environment feel that their personal raising by their own parents were harass and inappropriate. Therefore, the younger parents idealism of raising children is more relaxed, less harass and strict; causing a child that does not know boundaries, respect for their elders or respect for authority figures including our police forces. In our school system today we have lost focus on what it means to put a child first. Instead of promoting education and hard work our school have an impact on our children’s

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