ls help them do morning exercises. It feeds them, takes them out for
             walks, puts them to bed, teaches them to keep things tidy, paint, model,
             read, write, sing and dance. It also teaches them to be kind, considerate
             and honest, organizes parties for them, and takes them for health check-ups
             (Vishneva, 1984, 161). While the biological parents work, the state
             educational system becomes a new "parent" to the child. The close
             relationship between child and parent no longer exists, however, "the state
             sees the family as respon-sible for the children's welfare and for
             instilling in them behaviour acceptable to the existing social norms. The
             broken family is seen as a factor in juvenile delinquency. Good citizens
             are obligated to "monitor the political conscience of family members,
             especially that of children" (Shlapentokh, 1988, 34).
             Another negative aspect of the decline in family life is the rising
             incidence of divorce which is said to be caused b
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