[IcyMourdor]

Just looking at this year's high school grads and next year's, I can assume where their respect lies. The gutter.

Although I will never hit my child, I'm not above taking away his freedom. You misbehave with friends, you get grounded. Goodbye friends.

However, that is just me. A great majority of my friends, even my last gf, said I would make a great husband and parent. I cannot speak for the millions of parents out there who are too lenient/strict.

There is a lot of pressure out there on the parents to raise their children to the best they can be. Some parents would turn a blind eye to murder, some would beat their child bloody for forgeting to take out the trash. Its hard to find the nice middle with a lot of people.

Now, Congress has stepped in, adding laws about parents can't be "abusive" to their children. Thats perfect, however, even though I'm one to have full faith in the law (considering going into law for a degree), it still gets manipulated. I read an article about a father who was sent to jail (jail = 1 year or less) for spanking his child. Twenty years ago, you would have never seen anything like that. The child turned him in for physical abuse. Hard for parents to punish their children if they fear going to jail; or even prison.

Until things get better, we are stuck looking the younger generations become more rebelious and disrespectful. Blame the children, blame the parents, both are at fault depending on the circumstance.

Just raise your children right, thats all we can really do.