- The London School of Economics reports that 9 out of 10 children ages 8 to 16 that go online (usually while looking up information for homework assignments) will stumble across hard-core pornography 

As I discuss in my book, Home Invasion, my Heritage Foundation colleague, researcher and policy analyst Patrick Fagan points to the sad state of the American family as one key causal factor that has led to what he calls our "culture of rejection:"

In 1950, for every hundred children born that year, twelve entered a broken family - four were born out of wedlock and eight suffered the divorce of their parents.  By the year 2000, that number had risen fivefold, and for every one hundred children born, sixty entered a broken family, with thirty-three of those born out of wedlock, and twenty-seven suffering the divorce of their parents.

The combination of a culture gone mad and parents gone AWOL has turned out to be lethal for America's children.

The good news is that American parents are becoming increasingly disturbed by a pop culture that glorifies gratuitous sex, senseless violence, incivility, broken families and narcissism.  In the one hundred plus interviews I've done since my book launched in mid-April, the calls and e-mails I've received from parents reflect a universal concern over the future of our children.  The bad news is that far too many parents still don't realize that the first step in protecting our children's innocence and lives is for us to step up to the plate and truly parent.