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?

I couldnt agree more.

But I too am guilty of this. I would never have dare to raise my voice to my parents, but my daughter does to us, and more often than not I just let the incident slide by without a word.

Some parents are far to lenient, and I do think it is showing via the increase in youth crime and the lack of responsibility that some seem to have towards their actions.

We have to recognize that ,despite or maybe just because of so many possibilities of spending time today , our kids are more irritable are more stressed than we were in our childhood.
I have been raised with very little of anything and didn't complain as a child ( though I did much later ) ...however I wouldn't raise my child the same way . I want him/ her to raise his/her voice when he/she feels like doing so than keeping everything inside and feeling frustrated and unhappy.

I try to balance the household. Making it loving and friendly but with strict routines and ground rules. I hope that this helps everyone feel secure.

I totally agree, parents these days seem to have no clue with what they're doing. A very close friend of mine has a young sister who is 11 years old, and she has had this boyfriend since she was ten. Just recently this year my friend was in giggles while sharing with me that one time, finally, her sister's boyfriend was invited into their house and had dinner with the family.
Apparently, he spent too much time after dinner that it eventually became very late for a young boy (11-year-old boy) like him to be walking home in the streets.

So the parents had him sleep over for the night. Of course, he slept in a separate room, but personally I did not at all find it funny or "cute" to have an 11-year-old's boyfriend sleep in the house.
I understand it could be dangerous for him, so I would result to driving him home, not asking him to spend the night. It is almost like they are encouraging these kids to enter into these kinds of relationships even before puberty.

Originally Posted by Mommy In Pink*

I totally agree, parents these days seem to have no clue with what they're doing. A very close friend of mine has a young sister who is 11 years old, and she has had this boyfriend since she was ten. Just recently this year my friend was in giggles while sharing with me that one time, finally, her sister's boyfriend was invited into their house and had dinner with the family. Apparently, he spent too much time after dinner that it eventually became very late for a young boy (11-year-old boy) like him to be walking home in the streets. So the parents had him sleep over for the night. Of course, he slept in a separate room, but personally I did not at all find it funny or "cute" to have an 11-year-old's boyfriend sleep in the house. I understand it could be dangerous for him, so I would result to driving him home, not asking him to spend the night. It is almost like they are encouraging these kids to enter into these kinds of relationships even before puberty.

I would not like to think of him walking home either but I would call his parents and ask them to pick him up or take him home myself. It does seem odd to have him staying over at such a young age.

Exactly my thoughts, if I were the parent I would just drive him home. I am the adult in the house, at least I should make sound decisions. These children, though they may not know it, are begging to have proper guidance, and if that is how I make decisions in front of them, they will grow up being lenient with themselves.

An "official" boyfriend at 11 years old??
Wow, what kind of parents would agree with that ?
It's way too early for such a relationship ,they are just not mature enough to cope with all the changes that this relation would bring about .They are rather playing a girlfriend and boyfriend role but in the long run this would hurt them both.

She had this boyfriend of hers actually since she was ten years old (which is even worse), and if you look at them they are really just kids. I don't understand either how their parents can find such a thing "cute", because they do, and I would rather just hold my tongue than tell them of what I think about the whole situation.
I would hate to have to say it, but I personally found it disgusting, how could one be in a "serious" relationship at ten years old? Shouldn't we still be playing with barbies at this age?
The way parents raise their kids nowadays really need some correcting.

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.