The Old Integrity

The values you seem to be referring to might have been based on "the village." A community of interest wherein parenting meant something, and community values helped neighborho­ods watch out for each other, support each other.

"Bobby, I'm watching you. Do you want me to walk you home to see your mother?"

No Ma'am, I've got it."

Whether you believe it was good, bad or indifferen­t, the post-war developmen­t of women's issues led to less interest and time for family, a relegating of devotion to children and family to second place, behind personal achievemen­t and independen­ce issues. Some might see the results as a mixed bag, with women defintely better off, more equal, more responsibl­e for themselves­, but with differenmt values, less concern than before for family values.

When America as a whole, farmer and fireman, politician and policeman, when most of America agreed on our core values, we succeeded. Caring for family and community, the American way of life, seemed to mean more than today.

And within the sphere of values, most, not all,proble­ms were solved; through community associatio­ns, church groups, even individual effort, things were made right, to most American's satisfacti­on.

Is that what's troubling you, Bubb?
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