by Patricia Burke

Created on: December 15, 2010   Last Updated: July 18, 2011

  Dangerous lifestyle patterns of the younger generation appears to be on the rise.They are living scary lifestyles. If you think about the 1980's as compared to now, you can see a huge difference. Some of those girls are not quite teens as of yet. There are a few out there that are a little bit younger.

As sad as that is, the truth about why, is even sadder. If you ask most people on the street why they believe this is an issue, most would tell you that it is the parent's fault. Let us start with that suggestion first.

Parents stopped spanking their children out of fear of Human Services taking them away. Other parents joined in the belief that it was harmful to spank a child. When the government and Human Services started making an issue out of spanking children, a lot of parents either agreed with them, or either became afraid of getting threatened with jail.  They thought quiet time or counting to 3 would handle the situation..  My own opinion, after raising 3 boys of my own, is that if I did not take the upper hand, they would have taken control. My boys were bigger than I was. The couple of t

Although it is an unpopular belief, I feel that the jury reached the right decision. Declaring Casey Anthony innocent was upsetting to a lot of people, including myself.

So many young girls are going in the wrong direction these days. It may be the many commercials that specifically target young girls and women. The many magazines or movies. Everything now is about how good you need to look. Not about what is on the inside or how good a person one might be. Many girls feel left out if they do not feel pretty enough. That leaves them feeling like something is missing. They search for what is missing in a lot of ways. Drinking, drugs, and even prostitution. Believe it or not; That makes them feel as if they belong. If you find out your daughter is involved in something like this, my advice is to first tell her you love her, no matter what. Then take her home and try to sit down and talk to her about what has caused her to turn to these things.

Ladies, if your husband has left you, you must take control. Children need boundaries and believe it or not, they want them. Eventually without them they feel like you do not love them enough to even care what a mess they are making out of their lives. You cannot spank a teen since they are older, but you can ground them or deprive them of something that they love, such as their phone or television.

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