Where Have All the Parents Gone?

Lee Iacocca recently wrote a book entitled "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?" I would ask the same question about parents. We have swung the pendulum where we went from a generation of parents that may have been "too harsh" in their parenting style to little or no parenting at all. We are so wrapped up in our own lives, our own pursuit of the "American Dream" of "success" however we define success. In the midst of ALL that "pursuit of happiness" we choose to have children, yet we REALLY don't have time for them. We leave them on their own at a time when they are in DESPERATE NEED of boundaries and RULES. We, however, are too busy to notice - so we become their friends. We give them what they want, they make bad choices and we make the consequences go away because it's easier than discipling them and following through - We don't have the time.