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...study, The American Family Report: Raising Children in a Changing Society, was based on a probability sampling of 1,230 households with one or more children under 13. It found that 43% of the parents belong to the "New Breed." They stress freedom over authority, self-fulfillment over material success, and duty to self over duty to others-including their own children. The study found that New Breed parents are loving but self-oriented, and they take a laissez-faire attitude to their own child rearing. Says Yankelovich: "It's not the permissiveness of the '50s, which...
...implied contract between parents and their children." In his view, Traditionalists-the 57% of parents committed to stricter child rearing and older American values-implicitly say to their children, "We will sacrifice for you and be repaid by your success and sense of obligation." The New Breed message: "We will not sacrifice for you, because we have our own lives to lead. But when you are grown, you owe us nothing...
Heavy Strain. Yet the New Breed feels the tug of old values and Traditionalists feel the pull of the new. The study reports that Traditionalists are less willing to make sacrifices for their children than their parents were. Moreover, Traditionalists generally agree with New Breeders (though by a smaller majority) that unhappy parents should not remain married simply for the sake of the children...
...significant finding is that New Breed parents are so uncertain about their new values that they set aside their own beliefs when teaching their children. For example, only 13% of all parents firmly believe that "people in authority know best," but 69% want to teach the principle to their young. Reports the study: "The children of the New Breed are being taught patriotism, the importance of saving, the need for hard work, respect for authority and that having sex outside marriage is morally wrong, all of which their parents no longer believe themselves." Some other findings...
...news can be told verbally rather than visually in instances of violence. Viewing immoral social ills, like ghetto conditions, can lead some of us to positive action. But watching violence can only breed violence...