Its not just at the river! my wife and i just had this conversation, this is what i came up with,
Looking at our grandparents , the only one that was around was grandma, grandpa was fighting in the war. grandma got drunk cause it was easier than dealing with 2 or 3 kids.
Now our parents they got the crap kicked out of them , all the time so they let us run wild , in which we got in trouble ALL the time!!! well i did. Then got the crap kicked out of me.
Now the way we parent, well some of us. most parents are too busy trying to keep up with the Jones's to deal with there kids and in turn are not teaching any values. Fuck that not me ! my son knows to respect his elders. and i paid attention to them all 3.
The point is unless you were taught how to parent , you really dont .