The style of parenting is not what it once was. In an ideal world your family comes together each night to sit, eat, laugh, and share some stories about the day. We picture smiling faces talking over a healthy meal as a father scoops mashed potatoes onto the plates of other members of the family. Then we come back to reality. When was the last time the average household sat down and ate a home-cooked meal together? Some would guess yesterday or maybe sometime last week. The truth is that it doesn't happen as often as it once did. The way parents have brought up their children has changed. Parenting has changed over the course of many generations and one example of this would be that families don't spend as much time together as they used to. .
For example, back when my parents were teenagers, no matter how hectic or difficult the day was and no matter how busy they were during the day, the family would always find time at the end of the day to sit down together and have a nice home-cooked meal. Now my parents and I only eat dinner together during the weekends and sometimes that isn't even a guarantee because sometimes my dad would have to work overtime. During the week my dad would work the afternoon shift and wouldn't get home until after midnight and my mom would come home later than I do so I would usually eat alone. .
A few major categories of change has been the amount of freedom given to a child, the power children have to make their own decisions, and the amount of attention given to children by their parents. This change of parenting from earlier generations has resulted in a new way of life for many of today's kids. With the freedom teenagers have today, they tend to get themselves into trouble. You would think many eighteen year olds would have a curfew these days but actually many parents feel that their child is mature enough that they don't have to set a certain time for their children to be home.
