the kids are not alright

I've been having a discussion on another forum about kids today, and how they are not alright. We're going back and forth about what the reasons are, and there are several we've discussed. One of my major problems is how our standards have eroded since I was a child.

First, decency seems to be a concept that today's youth just does not understand. Why? Because they have been raised with these eroded standards. In my day, young ladies did not wear skin-tight clothing, exposing their bellies to the point that they need to shave their pubic hair. They did not wear tops that look like nightgowns or underwear (underwear in the sense that you wear it under your clothing, as a chemise or camisole). Bra straps did not show, and they absolutely did not wear transparent clothing. They did not wear shorts so short that their butt cheeks hung out. Bathing suits left a lot to the imagination, instead of today's suits leaving very little. Today, going to the beach means being all but naked. In short, by the standards I was raised with, the goal seems to be to look as much like a slut as possible. But the kids see nothing wrong with prancing around this way. And we wonder why 12 year olds get pregnant.

No, I'm not saying it's all because of how kids dress. I'm saying that as a society, we continually lower our standards and expectations, and then wonder why we're going to hell in a handbasket. I'll address a few other reasons why I think the kids are not alright in a later post. Be prepared for my diatribe on children having children, and the negative impact of the media. For now, I've got to go to work so I can pay my many, many bills.