Some worry that their children will not like them or are afraid they might harm their children emotionally, so they let their children misbehave. Parenting is more difficult because childhood is more difficult. Pressure on our children translates into problems for us. Several changes in our culture have had a tremendous impact on discipline and our roles as parents. Our economy has created financial tension in families.
Parents come home stressed.
Their fuse is short. Single parenting is stressful. Twenty years ago, everyone in the same town or neighborhood had the same values and beliefs. No matter where you went to play, the rules were the same. Everyone's parents had the same expectations.