It's the government's job. The 1930s' Social Security told children they weren't responsible for their elderly parents. It's the government's job. The last three decades brought us government breakfast, lunch, health care and after-school care. When governments usurp, many parents abdicate their responsibility.
Family life is weakened and children are harmed.
Government attempts to rescue children from poor parenting are the great enabler of irresponsible parenting. The factory-model school was designed when children were more obedient and the restless ones were allowed to learn by apprenticeship. Today's system is a dysfunctional pressure cooker. Getting government out of schooling will allow the market to test potentially good ideas invented by creative educators. We start by sounding the alarm and educating Americans why all school reforms have failed and will continue to fail.