A shame

[lordstanher]

Mrs. PP,
u hav indeed expressed the very sentiments tat I hav, time & again, wanted to or tried to myself! In fact, reading ur comments, I felt tat I was reading my own thots posted here! And it is true tat if u express ur concern abt such issues w/ most ppl. in our society, u r sure to get a non-supportive response!
Nevertheless, I'm glad tat being sumone from the older generation, u r so updated on wats happening everyday in our society and r raising ur voice against it!
I, despite belonging to this gen. more or less, am deeply anguished by the present state of wat I always believed to be a unique, rich culture founded on strong moral values!
And yes, hats off to u for adivising not to point out exceptions in our society! As u say, we must all see the general pic. of day-to-day life of people, especially the present gen.! This makes me point out tat many of our elders (or even other ppl. for tat matter) make this mistake of normally refusing to believe/accept the fact abt this cultural deterioration tats spreading in our society slowly but steadily! They believe tat just bcos they themselves r still maintaining their values etc. and know ppl. who maintain them, they r under the delusion tat even the general society itself is still like this! They believe for eg. tat children brought up in traditional families will automatically maintain the same values etc.!
It is this 'frog-in-the-well' attitude tat has resulted in most ppl. being unconcerned abt the ever-increasing rot & ruin tat is creeping into our culture today!
I also agree w/ ur point tat most parents themselves r no longer ready to sacrifice nething for their children/families today! Parents- esp. mothers- today hav a pivotal role in the correct upbringing of their children and seeing to it tat they don't go astray. Unfortunately, in today's norm of 'survival of the fittest', academic as well as materialistic struggles r reigning over ppl's minds, resulting in devaluation of morals/values!