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The Decline of Moral Values and the Generation Gap In today's society we are more relaxed about many things. And that is what seems to cause the biggest difference between generations. Today the people of the younger generations speak what on their minds, unlike 20 - 30 years . The decline of moral values is another big issue when it comes to generation gaps. It seem that in today's world in the average family both parents must work to pay the bills, thus leaving their children to learn a lot for themselves. Which in my mind has the children learning from the world's morals and values and lets face it they are not that great. Many young people feel that in order to "fit in" they must lower their standards of right and wrong. And that may be why it so easy for a kid to go kill 10 of his classmates and not care. Decline in moral values is a global phenomenon. In the glamorous world of consumerism, the race for unlimited accumulation is formidable; hence moral values are generally given a short shrift. Ends alone matter most and means are free-for-all. The neglect of purity and morality in the means adopted inevitably leads to further fall in moral inhibitions. Moral and ethical values are linked with purity. Humanistic values upheld by an individual are a combination of moral, ethical and spiritual qualities acquired. The rise of violence is phenomenal in these days of economic and material development. Economic interests that lurk behind policies and perceptions lead to military actions against nations resulting in misery to children, mothers, elders and everyone. Education is not the only sector that can take responsibility of the ill do of the youth, but it can take major share of the responsibility. Most of the policy formulations take only a partial view of economic and materialistic development which is considered synonymous with progress. Such a stance encourages violent behavior. The realization that violence must be checked by all means seems to have dawned upon educational policy makers globally. We are often coming across the terminology ‘peace education’ used by international agencies. Preparing children to internalize the strength of non violence is now on the agenda of schools and institutions of higher learning globally. Who are the icons of the youth today? The men of character were the icons of the past generation. These icons suffered for the human race. The icons of the youth today are film stars and sports persons. The way we present Indian history, heritage, and culture to our youth leaves much to be refined, modified and updated. The great contribution made to the growth of world civilization by ancient India is yet to be explored fully and projected onto those who deliberately attempt to ignore and distort these facts. Such efforts must begin from the institutions that train teachers and must extend to schools and colleges through inservice and specific orientation programmes at the earliest. The young of India must internalize a sense of pride in their ancestors.

According to world standards the middle class Indians are not leading an enviable life. the fact that 30% of the Indian population is under the poverty line. Only a few people come in the rich category. This means that vast majority of Indians are middle class. The middle class Indians aspire for the life of rich Indians. So if you study the middle class Indians, you will get a cross-section of India. Here we are interested in the moral decline in the middle class families. The current generation of middle class families varies much from the pervious generations of middle class families. There have been many changes in the moral values of the current generation. Let us have a look. There are changes in the food, dress, culture, education, job and family relations in the middle class society. The middle class Indians have become idle in the present generation when compared to the alert minded previous generations. The technological advancements have made them lazier. Time is money in this modern world. Middle class people are running after meeting physical needs of today. No one has time for spiritual enlightenment when compared to the spirituality of the previous generations of middle class people. In the current generation of middle class people, education given to the youth is not of good character, in-depth knowledge and positive intelligence. So the current generation of middle class Indians lacks the quality education. So the current education system fails to elicit the best from the youth. The current generation of middle class young people are hopeless that they are a failure in fulfilling responsibilities and keeping words. They are lacking the qualities like love and care. The previous generations of middle class were empathetic and comionate. Young people are not good in helping others. The middle class people learn lack of respect, egoism and selfishness very quickly these days. Middle class people’s aspirations are high disproportionate to their income. The previous generations of middle class were happy with what they had. Middle class Indians have become intolerant and we can see it in the form of rise in the rate of suicides and divorce. Sexual and financial exploitation of middle class young girls is on the rise. The system is a failure in preventing these. The icons of middle class Indian girls are movie stars and sports persons. They are fascinated by the glamorous world these icons are living. You can see this in their dresses, make up and mannerisms. The middle class young people lack the will power which the previous generations of middle class had. Since most of the middle class Indians are doing some sort of job now, the older people in the middle class are looked after in nursing homes away from families or the parents are being looked after poorly by sons and daughters in the place where parents were looked after by their children well in the previous generations.

There is communication gap between two generations and young people are poor in judging the older generation. Habits of the young middle class people are changing. Most of them are having junk and fast food instead of traditional healthy foods used by the previous generations. Young middle class boys and middle class girls from metros are attracted by binge drinking. Binge drinking is a serious problem among youngsters in the Western countries. This can lead to serious harm to their health in future. Stress and mental diseases are more in the middle class people when compared to its incidence in the previous generation. Now a days, middle class youngsters are not empathetic and you cannot see a youngster involved in selfless social service. Cheating and fraud are not uncommon among middle class in the modern times. Ego, envy, greed, temptation and sadism can be seen in the youth. Materialism and consumerism tempt the middle class of this generation. People are not timid to hurt others in this generation of middle class when comion and empathy prevailed in the previous generations. You can see middle class Indians involved in prostitution and gambling not because of financial problems in the family but for fun. We have not seen this among the middle class people in the previous generations. When we consider the qualities and emotions, anger is more prevalent among youth. Truth and non violence died out with the previous generations of middle class. The problem on the part of government, that a lot of middleclass Indians are not getting adequate education because of high cost of education and they are deprived of job opportunities. There is huge human resources wastage as well. Quite a few of educated middle class Indians find out lucrative job offers from abroad and brain drain happens. Promiscuity and adultery is not uncommon among middle class youth and the incidence of STDs is on the rise. Religious intolerance is more common now among youth and is the root cause of terrorism in the modern world. New generation of middle class youth is not good in getting advices from the older generations. Young generation of middle class is not being ashamed of doing wrong things what their previous generation would not do. Crime and drug addiction is wide spread in the current generation of youth in the middle class. Homosexuality and abortion are being legalized against the morality of Catholic Church. We can see that an oversexed society is evolving with proliferation of pornography, misuse of mass media and internet. And in the media, celebrity gossip is getting more attention than real issues of the society. Education must foster the freedom of mind, the humanity of the heart and the integrity of the individual. Even from our nurseries, we must train human beings by unconscious influence and conscious effort to love truth, beauty and goodness.

People were willing to believe that a world free from distinctions of caste, color, creed, culture, language and such other divides was emerging fast. Gradually they realized that the instrument of education was nowhere near such a goal. It was only in march 1990 that the significance of education crystallized globally and the world conference on education for all resolved to extend universal elementary education to each and every one. If the education system was rooted to culture, it just could not discard moral and ethical values that are ingrained in the Indian ethos of universality and acceptance of diversity. An acquaintance with the history and heritage of India could give them a feeling of continuity and motivate them and instill in them a sense of possession of the sublime, goodness and beauty which they need to assimilate and internalize An individual committed to values and excellence grows up only when the systems and the society care for him and provide opportunities for the integrated development of his physical, mental and spiritual abilities. We have universities and colleges of which one could be proud of. Young persons emerging out of these have brought glory and fame to India in different sectors in the country and also outside the country. But for majority of Indians, we have ill equipped schools and colleges.

Conclusion In short, the moral values in the society is on the decline. No matter, whether it is low class, middle class or upper class. We are giving more attention to middle class because it is more obvious among middle class and they form the majority in most of the societies. Middle class is being blamed for loss of morality rather than low class and upper class. It is the need of the hour to teach our children moral values to bring back the lost morality and to groom a new generation with good moral values