Social Capital and Family Values

It has been said that education starts at home. However we are currently witnessing the demise in social capital through the break down in family values or over worked double income families. The resulting limited time modern parents have to spend with their children or the total lack of parental interest/involvement altogether is an ever present challenge in the classroom. Evidently these current changes in society are placing demands on 21st century teachers as they are being increasingly relied on to fill this gap.