OPINION: The Demise of Authority -- Blame Today's Parents

By Suzanne Venker , Author - June 28, 2009

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The first time I realized something was amiss in our culture was after I graduated from college . Like everyone else, I emerged from my cocoon an idealistic and naive twenty-two year old. But it didn't take long for the seeds of wisdom to be planted. My early public school teaching experiences provided a quick lesson in the ways of the world. The new world. Somewhere over the previous twenty years, while I was busy becoming a young woman, our culture changed. I grew up on Leave It to Beaver ... Read the Full Article
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  • Maggie Macaulay
    There is Balance

    Finding the balance between permissiveness (chaos) and authoritarianism (force)is possible. The Redirecting Children's Behavior course (www.INCAF.com) teaches parents how to create peace and cooperation at home while raising responsible, inner-directed, and empathetic children . Children do come out of the womb exactly the way they did one hundred years ago. The world they enter is vastly different. It is a different world for parents raising families, too.

    - Maggie MacaulayUS June 29, 2009 9:28AM

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