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Article Excerpt
We have had a fractured infrastructure in the parenting process for several generations. We now have young parents who have lost the skills of child rearing. Parents no longer have an extended family to assist them or close neighbors to play a vital role. We lack incidental learning on how to parent. As many parents of the last few generations were reared by television sets and absent parents, the art of child rearing is now lost to most young adults. That community of family and friends who used to assist with modeling child rearing is no longer available to young couples. Children are now reared by their friends, electronic devices, televisions, movies, and peers. Parents, schools, churches, and other institutions formerly involved in child rearing have been substantially marginalized or lost. Children have gained power over their parents. They no longer obey, listen, heed, or feel the necessity to respect their parents. Schools have been reduced to places where children are babysat. Schools must defend themselves not only against the children, but against the angry parents who...
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