Outside of my belief that parents for the most part dont seem to care anymore, this would be my other beef.. It does seem like too many parents try to be their kids best buddy... I didnt actually become friends with my dad, til I was a dad myself.. paying my own bills, raising my kids... Im not trying to say my dad was an evil monster, but he had a job to do, a tough job and he took it seriously... it wasnt his job to be my buddy, it was his job to teach me right from wrong, teach me respect and responsibility, to teach me what life is really like and what I would need to do to be able to make it in life... again, I thought he was a prick when I was kid, I know now he did what he was supposed to do... and I never really realized how hard a job that was or how important it was until I raised my own kids.. Parents today, would just as soon, let video games, tv, schools, or hell, even other kids do the job for them...
