The downfall of Western Civilization...

Or the men of "Generation X" or whatever you feel like calling it at least.

Just a few things that I feel are having a negative effect on our nation and the young men that are growing up in it. While none of these are the main downfall they are all things that you should think about.

Automatic doors. Growing up one of the main things I was taught and continue to incorporate into my day to day life is that a woman shouldn't ever open a door for herself. Wether it is your mother, sister, wife or some random woman you have never met, a gentleman always opens the door for them. With automatic doors the chances of holding a door are cut drasticly. Other then handicapping the "gentlmaness" of todays youth, these doors also are just another sign of the lazyness of the American people.

Television, not all television, just family shows. Gone are the "Leave it to Beaver" days and now our channels are filled up with "Kings of Queens" and "The Simpsons" shows that portray the male as a bumbling idiot who is incapable of doing anything but making a complete mess out of anything they put their hands on. In a country where according to http://http://family.jrank.org/pages/1574/Single-Parent-Families-Demographic-Trends.html
34% of families are single parent households this is what our male children are seeing as the normal male role in a family. Gone is the respect, love , and admiration that Ward Beaver recieved. The respect that is a crucial part of a strong household.

TV is in no way the only advocate of broken families in this day. As difficult as it is to say, I feel that our churches and other religious clubs are falling very short in the field of raising strong respectable, hardworking men. Growing up I never heard anyone talk about what it takes to be a young adult in this day and age. There are many views and points that God gives us in the Bible on how to raise a child in a fallen world. Where are the classes on being an honest, virtuous, honest teenager. Or for that matter where are the classes on how to become the head of your household, the spiritual leader that every man is commanded to be in Ephesians 5:21-23, where it says husbands love your wifes like Christ loved the church and be willing to give up your body for it. Where are the classes that show us how to do that. This is not something that comes natural to men. How are we suppose to lead an entire household when we arent being thought how to find and lead ourselves in a world that is becoming more and more anti-family.