The 1960s counterculture has become the 2000 counter- counterculture. The vice president who smoked dope and the governor who drove drunk are no exceptions. I still remember the Rolling Stone survey of a decade ago showing that baby boomers did everything, regret nothing and want their kids to do none of it. Baby boomers belong to a generation that believed famously in telling it like is. Now the whole culture encourages far more openness in families.
Adoption is discussed among parents, children and even birth mothers.
Divorce, which was once hidden out of shame, is now acknowledged. So, increasingly, is homosexuality. 6 months after their parents' marriage now know they weren't premature. The very same folks who once worried about getting caught by their parents may find that was a whole lot easier than explaining themselves to their kids. Many who duck and weave rationalize that they are protecting the children.