help-understand Milleniums?

I figure we are the product of our upbringing . that covers parents, school, friends, society. some we control, some not.

kids today lead a structured life. one sport today, mom takes em to different sport tomorrow. and the next. when I was a kid, running the open spaces with a pellet gun, fishing pole, frog gig, that was entertainment. too young to run lose? ya were sent outside to play. rocks, dirt, chunk of wood. I had a "lincoln log set". that was it. but my cousins didn't have one, so I was invited over on a "rainy" day to play.
I was born in 1948, my mom was 40. my dad 44. they were young adults in the Great Depression. they were raised to put left over ketsup on ya plate BACK in the bottle! if they had any. more likely home made BBQ sauce. I was raised way more " entitled". we had store bought ketsup and used all we wanted! got TV in the 60's. watched Gunsmoke sat nite and Bonanza Sun nite. bout it. no sitting around sat mornng watching cartoons.
you graduated h s, you either got more education, a job, or service. things get tough later? you never considered asking to " move back in". entitled to anything? nothing?
we were taught manners, respect your elders, even if you figured they were a little senile. I was born white in the deep south , but I was taught to rerspect the black person, IF they were my elder. respect.
*** whooping. if you needed it. got one I hs one day, I didn't have my chemistry homework. the asst principal taught it and did ALL whooping. I remember the paddle was 3 foot long, hand carved wood, 1 in thick, he swung it with both hands. he could lift ya off the floor with ya holding on to his desk. parents did not find out or I would have got one at home with nice leather belt. Dr, Spock would have pooked in his drawers over it ? yes I grew up to make mistakes, but no, I did not grow up to steal, rob, kill. developed a work ethic. I was exposed to Christian church. I knew the Bible was the roadmap of life and told me what was right.
decades later, I still have manners, respect people, understand right and wrong, the law,,,, those that deserve respect. ha