I agree there will be a multiple generational lack of role models, probably grandparent to parent to offspring, but where does the failure to be a role model come from? Is it endemic in society where parents no longer care for their children? To what extent is this a failure of the education system, both historically as regards (grand)parents, or more recently as regards the offspring?

I guess the only way to address this issue is to understand how it has arisen - its too easy to blame things like the introduction of the welfare state or rising numbers of single parent families, so what else has caused a couple of generations to absolve responsibility for their kids?