Youths are growing up in a careless society. They don't know what hard work is. They expect to have things done for them. Lack of education leads to other problems in society such as drug abuse, teen pregnancies, violence, etc. Lack of a good family life also leads to such problems.
Parents are the number one teachers of their children from the day they are born.
I feel from my past experiences that parents are one of the biggest influences in a child's life. No one feels safe in their neighborhoods and lock their doors even if they are at home. A few decades ago, no one locked their doors when they went out of town. Now, people hear about violence with guns happening about every month in schools or in their homes. I see this as a growing problem that will affect my parents' generation as well as my own.