Many changes have occurred in our society since World War II that have made it increasingly difficult for families to raise capable young people, those who are prepared to meet the challenges life has to offer.
Children see their parents as infallible.
God-like by virtue of their immensity and their bounty. Anthropologists will tell you that what separates us from the highest of the lower animals is our opposable thumb. To my mind the thumb was made so useful so we could hold and correctly use cutlery. Granted, it's only been a few centuries since we started using a fork, a pretty new thing, but then the course of humanity has been to evolve, after all. Any night of the week, children can take their pick of either sex or violence on television.