The right lessons? From Guardian Unlimited: Mortar Board

The following article illustrates how when extended family is absent other institutions either take up the slack or people suffer consequences. The costs often affect society as a whole. The following example also illustrates how other institutions make such adaptive strategies a secondary function. Functions, such as passing on parenting skills, are primary within an extended family. In institutions like schools, the function is an afterthought and secondary.
The right lessons? from Guardian Unlimited: Mortar Board