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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][The worst behaved teens I knew when I was a teen, and the worst behaved teens I know now that I have teens - are the overbearing parents who think they know best for everyone.[/quote]

Not the PP, but the worst behaved teens I know have parents who could not tell you where their teenager is on most Friday or Saturday nights, or who go out of town and leave their kids home by themselves "because they're good kids," or who will by a cooler full of beer for the kids in the basement because "they're going to drink somewhere so it might as well be here where we know they'll be safe."

To each their own, but the old story of "my parents were so overbearing and that's why I'm always drunk, stoned, pregnant and out of control" is a tired, worn out old myth.[/quote]

Exactly my point.  It is not one or the other - there are many degrees in between.  You declaring what YOU do does not make you any better.  There are plenty of good parents who know the how/what/when/where of their own children, but aren't calling every parent in town gossiping and pointing fingers.  How on earth is that kind of blatant crazy dysfunction productive? The crazy helicopters get "yesed" to their face, but all the parents know that those parents have no clue.  Heck, their own kids "yes" the overbearing parents to their face.  They are too much. It does no one any good.  You can be a good parent without doing things your way, but you don't seem to want to accept that. [/quote]

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