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I don't think what CC said has been lost completely. It certainly isn't as 'normal' as it might have been back then, but many of the parents of kids I went to school with were that way. That may have been part of growing up in a small town though.

I think the key is to let a kid make his own choices, fall and learn to stand back up again. Many of the problems we're going to face in the future as a society will be the result of having kids grow up thinking they're entitled to something, or anything at all.

My personal opinion is that there are a lot of different ways to raise a child, but at the end of the day, that kid is going to walk out of the door at the age of 18, which means that it is an absolute necessity to make sure that when that day comes, he's ready to make it on his own.

Things like responsibility, honesty, integrity, a good attitude, and the understanding that you must work if you want to be successful is all taught from a very young age up.

And watching certain parents these days, even just 5 years removed from high school, man I wonder what is going on. Then again, I'm sure the generation before said that of my generation; so on and so forth.