http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/750257.stm
As a parent in today's society and someone who has worked in a school, I beleive there is an elemant of truth to those who say that parents and adults set a bad example for children. It is not hard to beleive that the most common reason for teachers to quit their job is down to bad behaviour. Although most parents work with the schools, the minority do not and this can cause problems when it comes to discipline.
Personally I think that kid's today are not exposed to the same values that our grandparents and their parents had. As parents we can only do our best to try and portray values that we hold dear, but those values are subjective, my values aren't yours. Does this mean that because we may have conflicting value systems, one is better than the other? I don't know, but the moral of this story is that there are so many outside influences that our children face daily, it would be great if they have a stable family structure (don't get me wrong stable does not necessarily mean a nuclear family) that helps them to make positive decisions instead on ones based on our short comings as parents.
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