re: I want to live in Mayberry

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Back in the day everyone was married. That's why kids were raised better.

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The focus of the family, the part that had to be working right before anything else could work, was the father/mother relationship. If the parents were committed to each other, working together towards a common goal, disciplining their children in a fair evenhanded manner and faithful to their God, everything else fell into place.
The father/mother dynamic was the main focus of the family.
Over the years, the focus of the family shifted to the children and making sure junior was happy. With the father/mother no longer given priority, the family unit began to break down.