Divorce is up and family stability down. This behavioral change is the reflection of a changed attitude. Couples view it from the start as a potentially short-term relationship, but that is of little concern to them since divorce comes so relatively easily, without any social stigma. We've also been told that the impact on the children will be minimal. Now that assumption is being challenged.
Recent studies show that kids are deeply affected by divorce.
Unfortunately, the generation we used as guinea pigs were sacrificed in the process. The second is the increased use of drugs. Alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine have always been with us, and behavior is actually improving in those areas. But beginning in the 1960's the use of cocaine, heroin, marijuana and the synthetic drugs skyrocketed. Today an alarming amount of crime against persons and property is drug related.