Lack of home training is one of the reasons why many youths fail in the society, I've witness a situation whereby a father sent his son to buy cigarette and smokes it in his presence, in some other homes you'll see mother's using foul words on their husband, In the presence of their kids, all these are not good upbringing and affects the children negatively which in turn affects the society.
What are those measures you think parents should take in bringing up a better home?
Children learn from the actions of those parents more than their words or counsel. They will copy what their parents are doing be it good or bad. So every parent must behave the way they want their children to behave. Society is made up of a combination of homes, which means society will always reflect the quality of our homes. But the current crop of young parents are not helping the society. Some of us are not well groomed or were influenced by materialism and peer pressure to engage in some societal vices. There is an increase in drug abuse, internet fraud, and other crimes because of poor home training.
Materialism is pushing some parents to encourage their children to engage in crime. Just recently law enforcement agencies in my area discovered a secret internet fraud school. This school specializes in teaching interested youths how to carry out fraud successfully. And many of these students confessed that it was their parents that enrolled them in the school.