Originally Posted by Jaimecbr900
Oh no, you didn't go there did you?
Well, does that mean we should allow children to watch porn, have sex, drink, drive, stick sharp objects into a light socket, work in a sweat shop, be sent off to marry their cousin, and generally view women as a lesser species? Because they do that in other countries too, you know. Does that make it right?
Everytime a child "rebels" it is certainly NOT the parents fault. We have to set boundaries and rules for our children. That is exactly what parenting is. It is NOT being your child's "friend". It is NOT buying your child's attention. It is NOT letting public opinion rule your home. It IS being a responsible role model by teaching your child what is right and wrong and how to decipher life's problems in a positive way. Everyone now a days thinks that if they are their child's "best friend" that their child will suddenly tell them everything and they will obey properly and never come home late and make all A's in school. BULL S_H_I_T!!!!! That is the quickest way to turn your child into a statistic if there ever was a way.
So parents letting children do whatever they want in order to squash their curiousity is no parenting at all. It is a chicken S_H_I_T way to parent and a lazy way to take care of your responsabilities. Parenting IS HARD, period. There is no short cut way to do it, and there shouldn't be. So everyone needs to stop trying to find a magic pill, just like we do for weight loss, and do the ONLY thing that has been tried and true for centuries.....BE A REAL PARENT or don't parent at all. It's hard work. If you're not ready for that, don't have children. Simple.