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My daughter told me towards the end of high school something that basically summarizes as:

For lifestyle/moral decisions kids will do what they see their parents do. Not what they are told by parents or anyone else.

Based on her observations of her friends.

a german comedian said this: there is no point to raise children properly, they will just copy their parents anyways

What you're doing is criticizing decadence from an epicurean perspective.

Pretty much. "Have fun, just don't be stupid about it." I have a deep suspicion of proponents of asceticism.

everything in moderation, including moderation.

> Western society

Is this unique to Western society? Are there societies that do a great job teaching this stuff to kids? I always assumed that teaching teenagers stuff was pretty universally difficult.

Hypocrisy has always been a problem.

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