While American children are watching hip-hop, interracial dating and lesbian moms, the Chinese have their kids doing calculus and practicing kung fu. American kids are as soft as the load in a baby's diaper.
Not all Chinese kids are...only the best and brightest. Plus, literally millions watch China's versions of Idol. The majority of Chinese are poor, that's one of reasons why all are shit is produced over there. Poor people will work I. Shitty conditions for dimes.... a very small minority are rich. No matter where you go in this world, there are two people that generally rule--the rich and the educated, and many times it goes hand in hand... Problem is, when you have a small minority with money and almost a billion w/o it...shit will hit the fan...
China has sent millions of students to the best of the US schools and then they come back to build up their.
I do agree with you on what we watch, but America has grown into doing something very well, and that is being the "entertainment capital". Hate it or love, we spend more time thinking up ways to entertain ourselves than any other country, whic then catches on...and China has yet to influence our culture like that. People want dress like Americans (Westerners), talk like them, fuck them, and be like them--emulate them in every way.
As far as what you originally said. No, this all started with the Baby boomers, most importantly, removing the importance of the male in raising the kids, or being a man. The common perception is that being masculine is unattractive, as men are aggressive by nature...and to put women over men. The fact of the matter is, men and women balance each other out, but today's woman doesn't want to hear that. They'd rather lord over men, then cry when there are no "real men" to marry.