I was shocked to hear today's Morning Blend guest say that kids today are making better decisions than their parents did when they were teenagers! Could it be true?! What does it say about me that a statement like that would come as such a big surprise? As an example, the author guest said drinking among college freshmen is down about 35% over the past 10 years. She gave other specifics, too. What isn't surprising is that our style of parenting has a lot to do with the choices our kids make -- bad and good. That's a lot of pressure on us parents!
The author wrote a book about parenting in the 21st century. In this age of overscheduling our kids and the internet it's more important than ever for parents to know what our kids our doing, especially when it comes to technology. This guest suggests that we understand text messaging, cell phone usage (her son logged 3,000 texts in just one month!!!) and social network sites like Facebook and My Space. It's a lot harder in today's world to be up on all that stuff.
When I was a kid - my parents would make a call to Susie's house, just to make sure her parents were home for the party and that I would be sleeping over there and not somewhere else. Today we've gotta be so techno-savvy to keep tabs on our kids. It's tough to be a kid in today's world -- but it's also tough to be a parent, wouldn't you agree?
