We can't blame all the bad habits of the children on their parents. Most parents did not teach their children to drink, use drugs, sleep around, stop going to church and many did in fact have them write thank you notes when they were young. Adults do what they deem is important to them. They certainly are capable of deciding for themselves what is of a priority in their lives. The priorities of one generation or several generations past is not evidently a priority in the younger generations. Don't blame it on their parents.