Originally Posted by racheldarcy

It seems today that children are being allowed to get away with a lot more than my generation were. I think that it is leading to the increase in crime and the lack of responsibility that seems to be happening the world over at the moment. What does everyone else think?

You are right up to some extent. Parents have to get lenient as this is the era of logic and explanation else of making strong remarks for your children. If you have got the acceptable logic than the child may have accept that but if you don’t have that much strong reason for your child to follow, you have to accept.

This is the reason you have to get lenient with your child.

Originally Posted by skatss

I agree, many parents are far too lenient with their kids. I don't know if we're creating a generation criminals but we are creating a generation of people who think that they are entitled to everything. It's this feeling of entitlement that's causing our children to be selfish and not thinking of others. Maybe we do it because we don't want our kids to "hate" us. We just have to realize that if we discipline them they might say "I hate you" but they really don't. Giving them everything they want is not a way to parent.

Yes, it is definitely every parent's fear that their child might end up hating them, I know it is one of my fears, but still as a parent I always do my very best to instill all values I would like for my child to have and I always try to teach her right from wrong. I would never approve of her doing anything that is not yet appropriate for her age, because I am the adult and I know better.

The problem with parents these days is that they tend to forget who the adult is, and go ahead and accept their child's every decision as if they were made by a grown-up. We certainly need to double-check ourselves once in a while.