Okay so now I've got the hang of what I need to do to post here. I'm going to try to have a thought for the day everyday because as I drive into work or I talk to folks I have these thoughts (of which I think are epiphanies) and just have to start getting them out.

So my thought for today: Why all of a sudden do parents want to be their kids friends???
I myself am now a parent but I'm not that far removed from my mother's house so I can still freshly remeber living at home under my mom's rules. Don't get me wrong of couse we as parents should be loving and friendly with our kids but I don't understand some people who don't want to discipline their children because they are afraid that they won't like them anymore. Who cares?? They are children with children's minds. They need and really they want discipline.
Somewhere along the way parents have decided that they want to give their children everything because they had nothing growing up. Well the way I see it, having everything is not working out all that well with the droves of kids killing their parents, fellow students, and themselves. Maybe having nothing taught you to enjoy things when you finally got them. Maybe having nothing gave people a sense of purpose to go out and earn something.
I don't know but I know the Big Picture now is a lot worse than the Big Picture of our parents, huh??