Is Parental Neglect Is the cause of Moral Decadence?

Parental neglect is a definitely a very large contributing factor. Maybe not the whole reason why. If children are raised by "the village" then they will probably end up acting like the village people.

The problems start in the home at birth. Too many parents today don't want to make the effort it takes to give their children a good start in life. Schools are trying to offer parent education classes, but by school age the patterns have already started to form and it's hard to change them. Maybe parent education should be mandatory from conception on for all first time parents. I'm not sure what the answer is.

Education starts at home hence parents plays a vital role in molding what the child would become.

sometimes yes....but think of the ppl who dont have parents yet they are good ...it depends on the locality too

Definitely. When parents neglect their kids, kids would have to parent themselves, and they go through a lot of things that they could have skipped had the parents been there for them.

Yes. People can't be bothered to do things, like cook a decent meal for their kids or give them emotional support when needed. People use the t.v. and the different computer games as babysitters. Not to mention the types of games that these kids play on their play stations. Most parents wouldn't even know the contents of these games, if they did, they probably wouldn't buy them for their kids. Parents don't discipline their kids anymore just let them run a riot whenever, whereever.