There's a lot of truth in that, people rarely just fess up and admit they screwed up or were irresponsible.

I'd have to say I agree. But I think our ultimate downfall is going to be our intellectualy laziness. We're so easily lead these days because we absolutely refuse to think for ourselves.

Some stuff IS our parents fault, however, I can choose to let that affect my life.

I think youve found a decent read. try to keep in mind that where you find blame you find a villian pointing their finger

I think that's absolutely correct.....There is no accountability in America

Well I think your answer was in your question.. No its not our PARENTS FAULT...or SOMEBODY ELSE WHO IS THE VILLIAN... It is our own faults, and putting BLAME on other people is the core problem. We need to take responsibility of our OWN ACTIONS...and realize nothing can be changed OUTSIDE OF OURSELVES. Its our perspective, forgiveness, understanding, and SOLUTION that will get us somewhere. Its nobodies fault no matter how we were raised or taught. We can always make changes and think for ourselves... The answer is..."is it out of love" and "is it right" to tell us the next solution to becoming better people...no matter

Children are pumped information from a very early age through mass media. There are laws against our "spanking" our children for example; don't think that children do not know this...where do they get it from MASS MEDIA! I believe that this perpetual thought is brought forward by the US. How can we as parents teach morality to our children when the people whom govern our country themselves are immoral. They cheat on their spouses, hire prostitutes with tax payers money. People flood into our country and expect us to conform to their customs regardless if they are here legal or illegal. NO ONE wants to work hard to achieve the American Dream. People expect everything handed to them. It is a breakdown of our nation to continually give in to the demands of every person who believes that they have been treated unjust/unfair. Some companies do not let their employee's answer the phone "Merry Christmas" because someone might be offended. When our children sneeze and the teacher might say "God Bless you" will she be reprimanded for this? Will a child turn her in because in their household they do not believe in GOD. To answer simply, we are a product of our environment, culture, learned and taught and passed down...If we want this thought to stop we has a society need to retrain ourselves...but that is not going to happen because the government in power today will not allow this....they want you to be a victim so they can continue to have power.

For me, I've heard this argument for decades. If the 'nation' is the USA, I tend not to agree, only in the fact that "Everyone blames someone else for their problems" is an argument in the USA I've heard a long time -- even from "the Good Old Days." I for one have gotten beyond it -- as , I believe, most people have. Maybe it's a stage we must go through, the BlameGame. I see most people take responsibility for their actions ( of course, there are exceptions)-- the thing is, there are a myriad of ways one takes responsibility for one's actions. Sometimes it is not overt, outward and/or visible to others. I have a feeling I have made no sense in my answer. Sorry. +5

i was blessed with parents who have done their best to raise me. the first thing that we now do is when we are called on the carpet, we defend ourselves by blaming others. frankly, i'd be shocked if somebody ever said, "you're right. what can i do differently to correct this?" at some point in our lives, we've gotta stop blaming our parents and accept responsibility ourselves. sure, as teens, we always point the finger at our parents, it's part of establishing an identity. but, sometime in our 20s, if we're still doing stupid things that we used to blame on our parents, it's now our fault. most of us mature by 22 or so. some of us take longer to mature. some people are, indeed, legitimately scarred by poor parenting and they often never recover. this is a minority in u.s. society. what we need are good books on accepting responsibility, but, its the books on blaming others that sell!!! go figure!!!