[LittleBlueStang]

Shoot, if I had told my dad "what's up" when I was a teen, I'd have been picking myself up off the floor about 1.5 seconds later. Not that my dad was abusive, but if I ever felt it was my place to lip off, he certainly felt it was his place to "readjust" my way of thinking. It's old school respect and you should have it for your parents. Not this "Dr. Joyce Brothers" garbage. What today's youth needs is a group spanking for about 20 minutes straight. So many of today's teens think that they can do whatever they want because they have the courts on their side. Parents are scared to discipline their kids for fear of abuse charges. When my kids lip off, they get swatted...period. Non of this "now, now son." crap. I love my kids dearly, but I am also an advocate of "tough love" too. A close friend of mine shared Demon's view on parental control. The end result? My friend's 27 years old, has a 5th grade education, can't hold a job, still lives w/ mommy, still smokes dope regularly and can't understand why his life is so f@#ked up. Do I have words of wisdom? Pull you head out of your third point of contact and understand that your parents are the only thing in this life that, as kids, we have. They should be the stars in your sky and sun on your face. Respect them and what they say. They won't be here forever and neither will their advise.