Their expectations that things will be handed to them has become prevalent in these children whose parents have worked hard to enable their children to have a better life than they had. Somewhere along the way the work ethics and respect for parents seems to have gotten lost in the upbringing. Discipline has taken a back seat to concession in most households in America. Sometimes it is just easier to concede authority than to deal with a stressful situation. Unfortunately, this does nothing to reinforce responsibility in children whose parents don t enforce rules with punishments set forth for breaking these rules.
Parents have to have some control over their children s involvement with other people.
If children are allowed to break rules, as in curfews, with no repercussions, then they are not being taught how to become responsible for their actions. This could lead to delequincies, drug use, or promiscuous behavior. Parents have to learn and then teach their children what is expected of them to become an integral part of society. Children who have not had a moral and ethical upbringing will probably have tendencies toward being unreliable and selfish. This bleeds into our society and as a result, we have an enormous amount of abortions and unwanted pregnancies, just to mention a few dysfunctions.