With people hunkering down at home in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic, it can sometimes feel like the end of days. For an unseen number of our countrymen, however, today’s struggle is hardly different from a miserable day-to-day existence.

If you work in the school system or as a teacher, then you know who I am talking about. The kid who comes to class with incomplete homework, a bad attitude, and no respect for authority. His mother — these days the dads are hardly ever in the picture — is not engaged in her child’s life or schooling. In fact, if you were to go to her house to talk to her, you would likely find her sitting on the couch, strung out on drugs, living in a filthy home.