Be Parents Not Just Friends

The reason we have so many problems with children and teens now days is because adults wanna be their children's friends and not be parents. A lot of young parents now days wanna dress like their kids and call the friends of their children a friend also. And allow their children to use profanity around them and toward them and then wanna get upset when they asked their son's or daughter to do chores or have a curfew the child rebells like they're talking to someone on the streets and not to the person whose putting a roof over their heads. The problem is when you couldn't separate parenthood from friendship, none of us were given a manual on how to be parents and a lot of us just abandon our upbringing because you felt your parents were to strict in setting curfew and giving you chores to do in the house, and then you wonder how could your child disrespect you and wanna harm you physically, and the answer is because you're looked at as a friend not a respected and loved parent so you get the same treatment as a homey or hang out buddy. So before you start pointing the finger look in the mirror and say "in solving the problem with-in the community it starts with me and it starts at home." And I feel if that formula is adopted then maybe we can start to fix the problems with-in the village instead of turning a blind eye. It's not up to the schools, police and the government to raise our children it,s up to families and the community to band together and help each other and parents start being parents and not kids, our youth need guidance and not just adult friends.