Do you think family is not valued as much as it used to be?

Question:It still is, but selfishness and lack of respect for traditional values are on the rise. There isn't as much stigma about out-of-wedlock pregnancies all over the world. There are also more incentives ($$$) to remain single with kids.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: It still is, but selfishness and lack of respect for traditional values are on the rise. There isn't as much stigma about out-of-wedlock pregnancies all over the world. There are also more incentives ($$$) to remain single with kids.

I think respect for one another is not valued as much as it used to be.

Is anyone at home to run the show? Maybe if one parent was home it would help. someone should be in charge.

Very much so its really sad isn't it?

Yes I agree with that theory, but the important question is Why? and if are this Right or Wrong? I don′t dare to speculate about that kind of subject.

Well there seems to be a breakdown of a nuclear family more and more with every generation. However, I do believe (and hope) that there are many individuals out there who still respect their family.

I believe most people have lost touch with what the purpose of family is. Instead of being a foundation, family has become something better off forgotten. The reunions I grew up with have passed away with the matriarchs who worked tirelessly to ensure the get-togethers. We no longer know our cousins or uncles or great grand fathers. The days of five generation pictures have faded with the ink that colored the faces of people who once knew that value. As our time for each other decreases, so does our appreciation for the diamonds growing in our family trees.

Not in the U.S. I think it started with WWII and families being broken up between the fathers being in the war, the wives working in the factories and the kids with no one to make sure they didn't get into mischief. Then comes along Vietnam and the children born after WWII say "we don't accept your way of living" which is kind of funny because how many of the hippies turned into Yuppies later on in life? Add to all of this is the way the media (TV & movies) portray the "normal" family life. You have "Married With Children" for example. Another thing is that families don't stay together, with each generation helping the next. As someone already mentioned, many families don't know a lot of their aunts, uncles, much less their grandfathers/grandmothers. And things get real confusing when the man or woman has been married once or several times.

Yes..to the extent that people are marrying less, but cohabitating more. I think marriage has been denigrated...but necessarily family itself, per se.