Originally Posted By: Drew Hause
....Very few of us are so evil, or stupid, that we wouldn't give anything to help those we love....

You make a ton of great points Doc Drew. I notice more and more parents that want the easy way out of spending quality time with their kids. They are happy when kids are quietly occupied by there electronic devices. These parents demand medications for the smallest of growing pains. Many of them are functional recreational drug addicts, yet will turn around and go on about the problems of prescription opioid addiction. Many teens have very little restrictions on the company or hours that they keep.

I think we're creating a good amount of the problems, because some parents like the village concept of passing the notion of responsibility on to others. Tell them the truth that their evil or stupid, and one's likely to get an earful. Not for the kid, but for the parent that got their feelings bent a little out of shape.