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Plasma Bomber · #5 Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:04 pm

I think you hit it right on target with the parents. Also, the parents, as I have seen in my town, seem to want to be friends more than parents. Not that there's anything wrong with trying to be a friend to your kid, but these people acted like they were the same age as them. But of course, not all parents are like this, these are only some problems, some parents may have one or more, some may have none.

And while it's true that some people are influenced by the media and how much stuff they get, what needs to be realized is that everyone is different and everyone grows differently. Here is what needs to happen:

Parents have a child because they want a child, one that they will care for and love. Parents also need to love each other, because I know when I was growing up I never really felt like my parents truly loved each other. So, we begin with the one universal and necessary trait of a parent, and that is love and care for the child. Parents without that are immediately useless.

After that point, parenthood is about learning, the child and the adult. Parents must try to understand their children, and not pressure them to do what they want them to do, but rather to be the best person they can be. People are not made to conform. Individuality is key.

The most you can do as a parent is let your child know that you love them and you want what's best for them, and to teach them how to be a better person.

Regardless I'm not a parent nor am I even married, but I don't need that kind of experience to understand people, psychology, and sociology. And I'm not solely basing my beliefs on those either, I have my own way of doing things.