Culture and children 2

It occurred to me as I have continued to think about this topic, that the answers to questions such as I have asked in the previous post are really just the fruit of the underlying worldview and presuppositions.  In other words, our children will do and be these things because of "what" we have taught them, "how" we have taught them to think and how we have lived out our own lives.
I am beginning to be more convinced that the American way of life is the driving force behind why our children grow up to be what they are. The American worldview is this:  independence, self reliance, the Protestant work ethic and autonomy.  Some of these things have become apparent after my just having read Huntington's "The Clash of Civilization and the Remaking of World Order."  Herein, he points out how Americans believe that their current form of culture is the highest good and that all other cultures should inherit and imitate it.  This, of course, is the epitome of arrogance and historical ignorance.  Not to mention a terrible ignorance of Christian thought. 
What is driving our children in the direction they go?  I'm beginning to think that it is self idolatry.  We do not train them to submit to the Christian faith as it is lived out in the historic church.  Allowing anyone to live with themselves as the final authority will only lead to godlessness.