[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

'Respect'

Traditionally, children were raised to honour and respect their parents (and others) and in general relied on the father as head of the household for guidance and advice. Even the boyfriends of daughters had to formally 'seek' the father's permission, both to start 'courting' her and in the case of engagement or marriage.

Now, children have 'outgrown' the father in diverse ways; they are generally better educated and more knowledgeable and sophisticated, understand ever evolving technology far better, and gradually over decades have lost their respect for their parents (and others) in line with the rest of society as it has continued to degenerate.

I just wanted to address this point. I think it's so much better these days now that men are allowed to have a more active role in raising their kids, I would say alot more kids nowadays have closer relationships with their fathers because of it as well.

As for the rest of your post, as a woman and a mother to a daughter I'm so glad women have evolved in society and aren't second class citizens like before