Reply #55: Neither locking your kid up nor letting them run wild is parenting.

[mamaleah]

Is this so hard? There is a nice middle ground. It's called knowing who your kid hangs around and knowing their parents. That means actually having conversations with their parents.

It seems like we have become all or nothing. Either be a jail warden or pretending your child is already anm adult who is completely able to make rational decisions all on their own.