Here's a very interesting 'debate' being carried out on the BBC website about a new study, regarding the impact on childhood of socio-environmental factors, that has substantially confirmed what a lot of 'ordinary' people have being saying for thirty years!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/02/we_blame_the_parents.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/02/we_blame_the_parents.html