Shouldn’t we blame the village? Sorry, couldn’t resist. Of course it is a parenting problem. Society should only be raising children when parents fail and often happens when we relegate personal responsibility to society (read the government) it at best is a poor substitute and at worst a miserable failure. In the “mists of time” referred to by hardheadedwoman, public schools also took some responsibility for teaching moral and ethical behavior. In this age of relativism, that has been abandoned or snatched away by “watchdogs” such as the ACLU. Further the teachers unions are too busy co-sponsoring pro-abortion marches and supporting a liberal agenda to have any interest in helping the teachers regain control of their classrooms and the curriculum.
