This type of thing is sadly not new. Parenting skills began declining decades ago, parents wanting kids but only some could be bothered to do their duty, wealth helped but offered no guarantee. Great swathes of families from across the divide wanted kids, but how many for the right reasons?
Family breakdowns are nothing new, some one parent families left to rot by successive governments, no hope, some living off benefits, multi generations now know nothing but, It is seen as their lot, some now see kids as a route to jump the social housing queue, life on benefits fund basics, they are forgotten by the state and a few go on to breed feral youths that get preyed on by the local friendly drug dealers for phones and tablets, they act as watchers, then runners until they eventually work their way up the crime ladder till they get caught. Some thanks to good teachers, community volunteers and leaders break the vicious circle and make a fair or good life.
New Labour through 3600 sure start centres were helping 2.8M children and families and were turning things around, then along came a piglet called David….. crash, bang, wallop and here we are now…. Kids all over the country causing ASB, a few capable of murder, life is seen as having little value. Too many humans, not enough money, a war used to be the old way populations were culled, meanwhile the doomsday clock ticks on….