I'd also like to touch base on one other thing.

For the parents that say " I try... and I do this, this, and this, but my kid is just bad... they do what they want regardless."

yes kids will be kids... and yes we all did things our parents would not like BUT...

I NEVER did a lot of things I wanted to.. or my friends did.. why?

2 things

Respect and Fear.

My parents MADE me respect them and MADE me fear them.. a healthy fear. I was so afraid of disapointing them .... why don't parents do that anymore? Yes a lot of it has to do with parents being younger/teenageers.. but I have seen some who do quite a good job. But... I really think it goes back a generation where those teenagers where never taught how to respect and live correctly.. the worlds going to hell... and I am ridin in the handbasket...

phew.

Sera (anya)