The home life is key to that and something that's all over this thread in general. Parents just tend to suck it seems, and it's been trending in the wrong direction. The stories I'd hear about my ancestors from 100+ years ago with bad parents were at least bad in the direction of they had to figure out how to take care of themselves or starve. Doesn't hurt that in those days I'm not sure there was as much sympathy to be had in the larger world anyway. Now, it seems the bad ones today just coddle their kids so much they never get the opportunity to learn from experience until the shit totally hits the fan.