Sentiments ...Dying Out

Those days of strict discipline and sanctions are already gone. Maybe because of modern mentality that affects the importance of parent's role to their children. The number of working parents are increasing nowadays, so there's lesser time to worry on how the young ones are doing. And young people now seem to be more independent than before.

Parents today gives credence to their children to determine their social life. It is very difficult for parents to control their children because the young grow along with the development of technology. There is a social organization that protects the rights of children from violence and exploitation of the adults around them, it makes the parents are confused determine what should they do to the child. When children are not given the freedom to do something, they would say that parents are robbed of their right to be happy, and the parents will also feel in awkward position. Very complicated. What parents can do is to maintain good communication with the child and make the child understand that every action they do certainly have consequences, Action-Reaction, and assure the child that their parents will always be there for them.

I think there is more for today's parents to be concerned about, though, especially in urban centers.

very true nowadays people have become quite mechanical and behave like robots,this trend is ought to change and we must always care for others

Hi friend, we are living in the modern days, most of the youngsters and teen age persons don't give more importance to their parents words and live their life as per their wish, so elders keep distance from them and avoid worrying about this kind of arrogant and adamant persons, they will learn their lessons by their own

I agree with you, parents are so strict if their children will go for parties, night activities, etc. I guess, they are so worried to their children. As the years go by, my parents still do it. I comprehend the idea, they just only wanted their children to be safe and secured.

Hi sukumr794, nowadays children would face bigger risk outside compared to those olden days. In this modern world there so many culprits with evil and malicious intention lurking around to take advantage from these innocent kids. All those criminal cases happen on children every now and then have become the highly alertness for parents to let their kids to participate in any outside activities. But kids don't understand the worry of the parents and would blame them for the restriction of their freedom Happy posting

sukumari in every onehundred years people bemoan that parents are not srict anymore blah blah blah and even back in 1200 records show people said the same thing you are saying yet I was strict and most of my friends set curfew and restrictions for their teens and for every bad thing there are thousands of us who do care and do have rules for their children aand young adults and they do enforce them too. As usual people like to dwell on the bad things in life not on all that is good.Many parents have rules and do enforce them and children grow up to be good decent people too ,accentuate the positive,eliminate the negative and don't mess with Mr,. In between,.thats a quote from a B ing Crosby movie a long long time ago.

This might be something that is true for some people, but it is definitely not something that is true for me as a mother. You see, even when I know that my children are safely at school, I still worry about them until the minute that they walk in the door after they get home from school. When they are out playing with their friends, they know that they are expected to check in with me on a regular basis. I feel that having this kind of concern for your children is something that is very important.

I would only allow my son to go out if I already trust him that much and as long as I know who he's with and where he'll be.

We are now in the modern age with all the modern technologies we could see around us from different gadgets which makes communication easy and to live a life very comfortable. The government also has created and implemented many laws giving all youngsters all rights and freedom to the extend that they destroy themselves because of that freedom that they should not be given punishment even they commit mistakes. Parents should discipline their kids and advice what is to become an upright individual who soon to be parents someday because if we don't care its our loss if we see our kids suffer because of their failures in life. We should check who their friends are and especially their TV viewing because these are great influences of their behavior and characters which they usually idolized.

This may be true but there are some parents (mine) that still alike the safety of their children and do not go to bed unless they are back home safely. It's comforting to know that there are some parents that exist are concern with the safety of their children in a world where children are kidnapped everyday. But to some extent I agree that there are more things to be concerned about. Nonetheless, if the kids are not concerned with what time they come home hence they are not concerned about their own safety then what more can a parent do? We are the one who make ultimately make our own decisions regardless of what our parents say. As they say, nothing good happens after 1 am and if that's the kind of company we want to attract then we have to just deal with it