Yea, we are entering the Twilight Zone and the results are just starting to show up. When enough people are negatively affected it will change but we are destroying a genration or two for self gratification. Man is an idiot and can only be saved by religion.
You might want to re-think the use of this term: "self gratification."
Everything changes, it always has. The family structure changed dramatically in the early part of the 20th century from multi-generational, extended families to the nuclear family. And it's going to change again, probably back to the multi-generational family for economic reasons.