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Really? I thought it was the parents responsibility. Of course schools have a part on it, but "society"? How would you do that? Please elaborate.



"It takes a village to raise a child" -African proverb

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_takes_a_village

>"Many adults who have experienced disrupted or deficient attachments when young will, from whatever source, find sufficient resilience to grow into well-balanced adults."

We, all off us as society, have a role to play in ensuring that all people are sufficiently resilient. Furthermore, to breed this resiliency we must all occasionally make sacrifices so that those with great need do not suffer neglect.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247755669_Using_att...

For a practical discussion we can look at community crime prevention.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Crime_Prevention

Ultimately, we can pay for success on the front end (prevention) or failure on the back end (imprisonment).

>"The sooner at-risk students are identified, the more likely that preventative "remediation" measures will be effective."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-risk_students




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