The collapse of the western empire began when adults started projecting their mental illness onto the future of their bloodline, without any community structure in place to course-correct.

You can see it just walking down the street now - everyone is confused and sick. This didn't magically appear out of nowhere...it often came straight from being raised by a weak family unit and discombobulated or non-existent social circle that gave no clear direction to these people early in life.

Reversing this trend starts and ends with fixing the family unit, and making strong communities an integral part of life again, especially in the early years of a child's life.