Parents: The True Behavior Problem

Sometimes I have to wonder what these people thought they were getting into when they had a child. We all have seen the varying degrees of what some call parents. You have the ones that don't give a flying flip about their kids. If you call their house, their first response is "So, what did they do?" When really you are calling to tell them something nice their child had done. When I was growing up, I remember saying phrases like "Go ahead and call my mom. She don't care." when I really knew I was trying to call their bluff. If she knew what I was doing, I wouldn't be able to sit down for a week. A lot of times when I hear this phrase now, it almost breaks my heart. And then we have the parents that want to be their kid's best friend. They are reliving their high school life through their kids. When you call their house, their first response is "So, what did they do? Aren't they the smartest kid you have ever had?" And you are calling them to say what a pain in the butt their child is and that they have no respect for authority. Kids are kids and they will always be that. The biggest problem we have now is that parents aren't parents.