Check this out: there is a TV show looking for parents who are --gasp-- GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO! It appears that these folks are casting parents with boundaries to take in teens from families who don't. And vice versa.
From the site:
"We're searching for families to host a teenager in their home for up to one week. If you’re proud of your firm family structure, and want to show off your parenting skills, the casting team would like to hear from you!
This is an opportunity for you to show other families how to raise their teenagers the right way."
Interesting, huh? Could things be swinging from the parents-as-cool-friends back to a more traditional structure? I have to say, I'd be relieved if they were. I am sometimes shocked at the lack of discipline--even structure I've seen among other parents. I think kids need it, crave it, have-to-have it, and that they seem lost without it. Now, I don't have teenagers-yet- and I don't watch a lot of TV, but I may at least tune into the first episode of this one to see how they treat it. Hopefully they won't make fun of parents who are trying to teach kids that there are right and wrong ways to behave.
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