I read an article today from a paper in Houston. Here is the link: http://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4711186.html The article detailed the fact that there has been an increase in children assaulting their parents. According to the DA, there has been an increase in juvenile crime overall:

Prosecutors say there has been an overall increase in juvenile crime. "We're seeing a significant jump in the system the last few years," said Assistant District Attorney Bill Hawkins. The number of petitions filed in juvenile court for felonies and Class A and B misdemeanors:
• 2006: 15,669 petitions
• 2005: 14,545
• 2004: 14,322
• 2003: 12,522
Source: Assistant District Attorney Bill Hawkins -->

The authorities don't know why the kids are out of control, but I have a good idea of the root. The Baby Boomers were largely the first generation of children to be raise by the "Nanny State." In other words, during the Depression, Americans relinquished a portion of their personal resposibility to the state when Roosevelt instituted the New Deal. Over the next twenty years, more and more areas of personal life was ceded to the government. Worst of all, was the education of the children.

Now don't assume that I am anti-public education because I am not. Rather, a large number of parents assumed that the government was providing all the education that the children needed, so the parents focused on other things.

After World War II, the United States experienced an incedible boom in the number of births, enter the Baby Boomers. This generation was the first to be raised by the government and thus did not have the Biblical values and morals passed down to them by their parents as completely as should have been. Once they grew up, they did not have the "Biblical Values" memory for them to pass along to their children. So the values and morals of that generation was even further removed. Add to this the pervasive nature of Hollywood and video games, and you have a generation of kids possessing secular state instilled values with Hollywood morals.

Leading to this current generation of adolescents -- these kids are so far removed from what the Bible expects that they are largely making up their own values and morals. Society afirms this because of the secular religion - tolerance - and the secular philosophy of relativism.

The answer to all this is for families to return to the values presented by God in His word. The good news is that it is not too late. Parents can begin reading the Bible, teaching it to their kids, and seeking to grow in God's wisdom within the context of the local church.

Public school is not the enemy. Public education is a great tool to assist the parents teach their children knowledge. It is up to the fathers and mothers to ensure that their children receive a full education -- including the imputation of biblical values.