[brytlea]

If you think about it, parents are really no longer raising their children. The most important people in a child’s life are now their same age peers. They learn how to interact socially thru their peers. Is it any wonder that many are little savages? Children are not innately kind, generous, etc. There is a reason that human children are nurtured within a family unit for many years, compared to many other animals. It takes alot to teach them how to behave in a complex society. We are leaving one of the most important jobs in civilization to those least capable of doing it. Children.

susie

[freekitty]

I know and it is sad.

[nomorelurker]

Wow good point. It’s taken some many thousand years to get here and we go back to wolf pack lifestyle. By the way my dogs have better heath care than I do.

[STONEWALLS]

“If you think about it, parents are really no longer raising their children”

.....you got it!....what we have here are FERAL children who form packs....they then attack en mass to inflict a beat down...after they outgrow the beat down phase they move on to guns.

[IIntense]

...parents are really no longer raising their children.

So Hillary is right. It Takes a Village. (sarc)

Considering the scores of children who spend their pre-school years in day-care (including infants!), it's a world away from previous generations.

So why are so many children being reared by others instead of their own mother and father... the couple who WANTED TO HAVE A CHILD SO MUCH!

If it were not so pathetic, it would be laughable.

There are exceptions to every rule and there are legitimate reasons why a parent has no other choice.