why can,t parents control there children, and why have children got no respect anymore.?
916969
Because parents want to be their kids' friends instead of being their parent.
505704
Because parents are oppressors.  It's only natural to fight with them to assert your own independence.
1073115
Court's will remove parental rights, but rarely.  Most people believe a parent's right to see his or her children, and control the way they are raised, is important, even when the parent is someone who makes mistakes now and then.  The alternative is to have the government decide who is an appropriate parent, what is the right way for a child to be raised, etc.  This happens now in extreme cases -- parental rights will be terminated for abuse, all children have to be appropriately educated, though that can be at home, etc.   Society only wants it to happen in these extreme cases.
522294
We are not being parents, Parents want to be friends with their kids..Parents need to start teaching their kids manners and parents need to teach their children not to lie and cuss and steal and be disrespectful.  Mother's need to be mother's and stop trying to get your freak on with some man that is going to be worthless anyway and your kids suffer for it.  We have no morals or values and we don't push this issue.  We don't hold people accountable for their actions.  People need to get a grip and start stepping up to the plate and be parents, not girlfriends, but mother's and Dad's need to be men and teach these young boys the right ways because we have a whole nation full of lost boys out here with terrible terrible role models.
1101908
I think you are absolutely correct!!  I have seen both scenerios....I have friends who let their child do anything they wanted because they didn't want to 'squash their spirit' and now they are in trouble with the law and think rules don't apply to them because they never have before.  Then I've got friends who were pretty strict, made their children say Please and Thank you and show respect, as well as follow rules.  Those children are now self-disciplined teenagers, making good grades and volunteering throughout the community.  It all started when they were 3 and under.  Its hard to do they said, because they felt like they were playing 'drill sargeant' all the time, but it paid off.
1079407
Laziness, I guess. It seems parents do less parenting these days by working too much and leave other people to burden the responsiblity of raising their kids.
918995
All three, and everything else.  Kid's have no respect for authority, that includes teachers, parents and police...it's "cool" to be rude to authority, and it's even cooler to get an ASBO.  Equally parents don't seem to want to have control over their children, maybe because all these stupid smacking ban's that are coming into force, parents are now scared to discipline their children, so they leave them to their own devices.\n\nThe society we live in has changed, no one seems to care about anyone else...it's dog eat dog, cold and cruel.  Our attitude's have changed, no one want's to get involved to help someone else, for fear of being shot or stabbed...we're all living in fear of some sort, which I guess makes us the way we've become.\n\nDrugs are part of the culture of today, I will call alcohol a drug too, because so many people have it as a part of their lives, so many young people are dependent on it...it's a vicious cycle that will re-create...and so on and so on.\n\nAnd last but not least, I believe that the constant incoming of immigrants, legal and not legal, is not helping our crime rate.  Watch Crime Watch and count the coloured people...it speaks volumes.
585148
These days a lot of parents are so young that they are still trying to be kids themselves doing stuff like going out all the time and partying. They don't spend quality time with their children teaching them things that parents used to teach their kids like respect and other characteristics that a lot of kids these days don't have. Also kids learn from example so if they see mom and dad cussing out the grocery clerk or waiter or some other innocent person who accidentally did something wrong they think that's how to act.
449884
Politacally Correct people have a parental desire to control everyone. They don't know what it means to exercise free speech.
422058
I don't know what parents you are talking about.  I would prefer the respectful kind child, disabilities or not over one that was lazy, selfish, and narcisitic.  Perhaps the parents don't like themselves and feel that being treated with disrespect is what they deserve?  I'm really not sure what other reason it would be, other than the parents have some problems.
1069785
yes they say manners and etiquette's are to be taught by parents they also have to teach what's good and bad they are also supposed to teach or inculcate moral values to their children hence a small mistake on our part lets the hell breaks loose on the family in general and parents in particular this is annoying but this is way of life and the society\nsometimes a person has to face the wrath of the society for no rhyme and reason but just because a person was there at the time of incidence
621568
Kids are testing the parents limitations and some parents let them go to far. Kids need to be disciplined and set straight. Parents should have every right to set them straight at any time any where. So set guide lines and follow through with everything you tell kids and they will learn who's boss.
1131182
I agree but parents don't think about what they are doing in those terms.  Most claim to only want what is best for the children,  as they sit on their independent high horses claiming the "best" to be their selves.  It's turned into a "how can I get back at or hurt my ex",  the children's needs are rarely considered.  You are also correct that most often, it does seem to be the mother's doing this.  It actually makes me ashamed to be a female at times.  Women are often very bitter and vengeful when they have been hurt but feel they are "right" in their behavior because they have been "wronged".  It all boils down to little more than the fact that mommy and daddy forget how to behave like adults,  therefore their children suffer.
581702
Their parents should be punished for not teaching the child how to treat others in the first place.
236650
Parents are the most important.  They are definitely lax in disciplining their children today.  My neighbor negotiates with her 5 and 7 year olds over everything.  They don't listen to her at all and they have no chores or homework.  She says they just won't do it.  That's a sad excuse.  But then they can play video games and watch TV anytime they want.  This is poor development.  \n\nTeachers and counselors guide children to become well adjusted.  \n\nNeighbors and friends teach them by their example how to treat others.
315124
I blame the parents. They need to crack the yardstick. I got my rear smacked a few times and it made me be a better parent to my kids cause I didn't turn out to be some spoiled snot that thought I should be able to get away with everything. The T.V. and the web has plenty of filth that the kids have access to while Mom's at the career.Sorry, but if you plan a family I feel one parent should stay home and raise them and if you can't afford kids don't have them until you can or don't have more than one !
111909
Maybe you grew up too sheltered. Some parents will try to protect their children from anything harmful and in return the children only learn fear from the things they were protected from. I've heard of cases like that.\nCould also be past experiences.. but there are alot there.