Not trying to get personal … But so you are saying Abusive relationships don’t happen now, JULIA, THAT GIRL, MARY TYLER MOORE are sitcoms that changed the world and liberated women from getting married early, and helped women to realize the nuclear family was optional, but not necessary? That’s the contribution you want to tout?
I’m sorry, but that is what I got from your post to me (#144) and I’m not going to quote the whole thing here.
As for your question:
>>What legacy will Gen X'ers leave the rest of the world that comes behind them?????
We intend to work hard raise children ourselves and instill in them the morals our forefathers had. We have specific steps we are taking to effect this change.
1. My wife stays at home and raises the kids.
2. I work hard to support the family so she can.
3. We send our children to private schools (no government indoctrination).
4. We are teaching our children to work by giving them chores.
5. We require accountability
6. We live within our means
7. We spend time together as a family
8. We go to church together
9. We have an evening meal together every night.
10. We talk about current events and how ethical behavior is better than “instant” success.
What legacy will I leave behind? Strong children who will know what is right and have the faith to do what is right even when it’s hard. That’s all I can hope for.
GOD Bless you for that...If every family was like your's the world would be a much greater place.
What I was saying in my posts was before the Baby Boomer generation I suppose, came along many troubled families especially women who were living with physical,sexual mental abuse by thier husbands felt they had no way out because they had no where to go, no money, no social support, no education and many daughters of these women did not want to end up like there mothers.
My mother even told me when she was a child in the 40's many husbands did not even allow thier wives to drive a car.
I feel Girls today should have balance with family and career but to say they should go back to the days where women were trapped is ludacris.
The problem with the Women's Movement was they did not incorporate into thier agenda how important family was as well as women knowing how to achieve educational and financial success as well.
Today's women are stay at home mother's with an education and the ability to work outside the home with a decent job if they need to and that came from the generation prior to them.