Turned upside down

The other day from 9 a.m. to noon there were no less than four incidents in which four separate children went on non-stop screaming rampages in our store. Three of them were with moms, but one was with a big, muscular man.

Thomas K. Lindsay asks:

Why might today's parents fail to exercise the leadership necessary to enforce the discipline necessary to their children's maturation? How have the relations between the young and old been turned upside down, with the older, more experienced generation now fearing to offend the younger, less-experienced generation, rather than vice versa?

Are the benefits of our aimless "niceness" toward our children worth the price? If not, then for their sake, as well as ours, we adults might consider acting again like grown-ups.

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