"Modern Day Parenting: If We Can't Beat 'Em..Join 'Em?"

The youth today are getting tougher to raise. Government interference prevents parents from disciplining in the home, and from monitoring the activities of our teens in sex and other things. Nowadays, parents are at a loss for options on how to rear their children. many believe that allowing them to smoke, drink, get high, etc in their presence gives them some sort of control over their kids and allows them to monmitor the situations. Have we become a society of parents that are living by the rule.."If you can't beat 'em, join 'em?"