I see this as being just one more bit of evidence that somethin's gotta give somewhere. People say this wouldn't happen if parents parented better. Parents might be able to parent better if the cost of supporting the life they want for their children weren't so expensive as to require both parents to work outside the home. The cost of living to support that life wouldn't be so high if people would just freakin' relax and not get so caught up in the competitivenes and acquisitiveness that seems to have been adopted by our culture.

Don't have any answers on how to make it better, just my observations.