I work with teenagers who are having difficulties, I have done so for almost 30 years, and I have written previously about the propensity of some parents to fail to set limits on their children. I know this is not only my opinion, I have heard it voiced many times by peers in my field. Or as a sixth grade teacher friend once told me, "Just go to any mall, sit down on a bench in an open area, and observe. I guarantee you'll see example after example of poor parenting, with the kids running the show and the parents checked out."
While I haven't tried the mall experiment yet, I did happen upon an example of this recently while at the gym. I was on the treadmill, it was 7 a.m., and of the 10 televisions playing in front of me, the only show that looked half-way interesting was one on MTV called "Parental Control." I have to admit I am not a fan of MTV, in fact with shows like "Jersey Shore," "Skins" and "The Real World" on its roster, I consider MTV to have pumped more toxicity into the environment than BP and Exxon combined.
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