Hungarian Church Press, 1968 (20. évfolyam, 2. szám)
1968-06-01 / 2. szám
HCP Vol XX Special Number 1968 No 2 93 -(07797) As far as the specifically ideological problems are concerned, cf those questioned 116 students accused their parent s that they we re too rigid on the question of church wedding; that they tended to discriminate socially and racially; that they wished to have back the "good old times"; they were politically conservative, s croc times chauvinistic and that they showed the traits of bourgeois selfishness and individualism. Questioned as to what occupies mostly their thinking, most of them replied; th^desire to have a happy life on this earth. Ethical problems, 153 cf those answering the aforesaid questionnaire declared themselves against the undue strictness of moral education,the interference of the parents with their private lives, their undue anxiety or even jealousy about their offspring. They were averse to commcn sense criticism, rigid, had obsolete views about love, 25 % cf the students of a girls' class wanted sexual freedom before marriage. The boys said that the information parents gave on sex was insufficient, 56 students complained that their parents were too conservative about new fashion. There were also statements to the effect that debates in the family about cultural values (arts, literature, music) revealed an unbridgeable gulf between parents and their children. Economic problems« Youth today aims at economic independence. There is also a difference and conflict bet/een the generations concerning the appraisal of material values. Fathers tend to attach importance to the possession of a family house and a deposit in the bank, while their childrem give their preference to modem furniture and equipment and durable consumer's goods. They are not interested in real estate, neither in private property, and -they are indifferent to bank deposits. Shared apartmovts also mean special problems, But the traditional image of the mother-in-law has changed; in the hemes of women working outside the house the presence cf an elderly woman means great help, 40 % of the working women receive assitance fretn their mothers or mothers-in-law. At the same timo, the problem concerning the 'way of bringing up children is also a divisive factor between the generations, b) The Church's Task Concerning the Generation Problem Without trying to give a detailed treatment to our theme, we are going to make a few notes only. Also in this matter, the Church receives her light from the Word of God, She is to give the Gospel, and not worldly wisdom. to the worid. This means that the primary pre-ccndition of her servioe is the First Commandment as the axiomatic foundation cf ethical thinking and moral action. The succession of generations is also under the sovereignty of God our Lord, As, in the world of creation, the creature cannot occupy the place of the Creator, so, in the succession of generations, the sons cannot occupy the place of their fathers. It is important to restore respect for authority. Not in the sense of trying to bring back the patriarchal order cf society, but in the sense of respecting and obeying the will of God, Every
