More and more babies are born to women who are not married. This happens to about a third of babies today. More parents are becoming divorced. Also, more and more families have both parents working, and the child sometimes cannot do as much stuff because his or her parents are not home as often. All of these factors may cause abused, neglected, troubled kids.
School is more different now then one, or two generations ago.
In the 1940 s major problems included chewing gum, and running in halls. Today, major problems include rape, assault, and pregnancy. Jackson Toby, a sociologist now in his seventies, says that when he was in school, It was unthinkable to hit a teacher or even say something rude to a teacher. Mr. Toby has noticed the change in schools. He says that students behave themselves when they are afraid of teachers.