Give aid to communities for creating caring environments for children. Use regulations, if needed. In Support of Choice 3 Research and common sense indicate that there is no substitute for parental care. Most juvenile crime and sex occur during after-school hours when parents are absent. Children need two involved parents for emotional and financial support.
Children are the most underserved population in America.
Society has a responsibility to help children because society benefits when they become productive adults. Poverty increases the risks for all youth problems, so anti-poverty strategies are needed to help children. A moral revival is needed because our permissive society leads children and adolescents astray. Research indicates that children thrive when parents and schools enforce firm boundaries for behavior. It's difficult to raise moral children when the popular culture immerses them in immorality.