>>It is important to understand that parents really understood their immense responsibilities to be the primary educators of their children and to pass on the faith that they received, not the changes from Vatican II if they differed from the faith in which they were raised.<<
You have pegged it!
We lived our faith. It wasn’t a Sunday thing back then. You got a new car blessed, your house was blessed every year, celebrations for Saint’s Days, family rosaries, blessing Easter baskets, silence for three hours on Good Friday, you name it. It wasn’t a “Go to church on Sunday/confession once a year” thing. Everything centered on being Catholic. We were different.
A friend of mine from RI tells stories of living on the coast. People would bless themselves with ocean water before swimming. We prayed before starting a long trip and at restaurants (we still do). How often do you see any of that now?
Parents made young Catholics. Now, all of it is a coma in your life.
Yikes!
Make that comma!