I think there is less new to these "trends" than many make there out to be. The grass is greener, eh? And these things tend to alternate generations. War heroes bred hippies who bred young Republicans who bred Gen Y video gamers who don't breed because they are living in their parents' basements covered in a fine dusting of Cheetos.

Perhaps schools opened their doors wider to parents because some anecdotal study suggested better students come with more engaged parents, but the only parents who came in the door were the ones already queued up outside.