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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
kids are being raised by the tv, not by parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles like the used to be.
nuclear families where nobody is home & ask the little shit "where have you been all day?" etc.
when i was a kid, not only was i surrounded by numberless relatives thoughout the day, but also my parents knew who i hanged out with & what not-- i mean we ran wild on the street, without real "supervision", but we always got debriefed at dinner time.
if i had said "oh my friend X is packing knives", the shit would have hit the fan.
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Yes, definitely. The people I feared most when growing up were my family. I got up to all kinds of silliness as a kid but the thought of getting in trouble with my parents was a major restraining factor. Parents, especially younger ones, seem totally ill-equipped to raise children.