There is much to be said for what a broken home can do, if there is no compensation to guard against a potential lack of proper upbringing.

But, it's not just broken homes in the sense of the status of the parents ...it could be our broken relationship with God.  Perhaps there is no standard to guide our children by, other than our own lacking.

Pa:  "Let him go, Ma ...if he don't learn it himself, he'll just resent us.  No kid likes being told what to do, and 'specially no kid likes a teach'n parent.  Flat out, no kid likes learn'n from others."

Ma:  "But he's only eleven years old, Pa!"

Pa:  "Doesn't matter ...let him find out the hard way.  That's the only way I learn'd.  After he gets shot a couple of times, he'll learn ...if'n he lives, that is."