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Sharman Hunter Wilson shared a link. Jan 25, 2016 3:17am

The collapse of parenting: Why it’s time for parents to grow up macleans.ca When I was young, I unconsciously wanted my parents to be more firm with me--I was actually envious of kids whose parents gave them curfews! My dad was really soft-hearted, and my mom didn't want to be domineering like she felt her own mother had been, so we were totally free-range kids. Still, frugality reigned in our house of 8 kids, so we didn't end up spoiled. Talking back to adults never occurred to us either--we hadn't become disillusioned yet about the mess adults were making of the world. I wonder if my teenage and young adulthood watching screw-up after screw-up--the Vietnam War, Watergate, cops fire-hosing little black kids, Chernobyl--made me realize that growing up did not necessarily guarantee wisdom. Maybe the Information Age has been inundating us with so much evidence of our own bungling for so long that we have lost confidence in ourselves as capable adults worthy of respect--and kids have picked up on it.