New book takes on the culture of kids bullying their parents

We parents should have more free time for them than what we think we do everyday, and we need to use it wisely for our children. Especially on my part, having two teenagers bragging almost every night about what they have done in school and stuff... I sometimes neglect my devotion and I am aware of that and more energy drains me up at times. I look at some issues wherein I struggle with them a bit more deeply. I know they have their hormones malfunction mode sometimes but I can easily adjust with it but not to the point where they can bully me ... Well it happens, the period of resistance!! .. but I NEVER TOLERATE them to do such! Our attitude towards our kids sometimes has to pause for a while and think of their self needs for them to change. It will take time to help them adjust and find their own answer ... Parents should invest some time in exploring a different philosophy on how to deal with them. We don't have to adopt it, but there is more to expect than what we currently believe is right. Patience .. Pause ... Patience .. Power! wink emoticon

I think kids get more messages in media, their TV shows, movies, and such today that it is ok to "hate" their parents. Then, that is reinforced by passive single parent households, where the custodial parent may allow one behavior, and thwart the efforts of the other parent to correct that behavior. The child learns to manipulate both parents in this situation, or find the "easier" parent to live with, who he or she then begins to bully. Kids are just creatures, they will grow and adapt to take advantage of the path of least resistance. It is not an inherent evil, just biology.

@Tina Okasan Espela "...having two teenagers bragging almost every night about what they have done in school"

There is nothing new under the sun. Kids must be disciplined. Spare the rod spoil the child.