Where have all the parents gone?

Parental Involvement? What does this even mean to the parents of todays youth? What are teachers suppose to do when they spend 5 days a week, 8 hours + a day, and countless hours worrying about someone else's child just to find out that these so called parents don't care about the kids?  As a teacher I see and hear it every day from teachers. Teacher's that are at their wits end and call a parent just to hear its your problem deal with it. We have kids that are calling out for attention in every thing they do, from using foul language to not doing anything at all.
This week I learned that there may be a way for me to alleviate some stress from the backs of my fellow teachers. Instead of sitting idly by I can be proactive and do something. This is my action research topic, and I plan to take action. This research I believe will not only benefit teachers, but individual students, and possibly school performance, and school community in the form of morale for teachers.