I don't think parents instill in their children things like "civic duty". My parents did though, and they hammered it home incessantly. I think it was because they grew up during WW2; my mom's entire family was involved in the war effort, she lost her cousin in the war, her sister donated her dog to be a "War Dog" (she got him back after the war), and my Dad signed up to fight but they rejected him for medical reasons, so they contributed what they could stateside. That war left deep scars on them and they knew the consequences of disengaging politically.

My Dad escorted me to vote in my first election in 1980 and I've voted in almost every election since. There were a few times before mail-in ballots that I couldn't leave work and missed a few, but once I figured out I could get an absentee ballot I was back in business.

People still being complacent in THIS election of all elections shocks and saddens me. People can be so self-centered. "If it doesn't affect ME why should I bother." Good lord.