My thoughts exactly. I don't think you can judge today's world the way it was years ago because we have more technology, better education systems, better everything that makes our lives easier.
But as far as family values, what was instilled in me as a child I instilled in my own children and I have no complaints in that department.
I think it boils down to one thing...life is what YOU want to make it. You reap what you sow .