Originally Posted by nwlinkvxd

FYI, I'm a 19 year old guy.

Firstly, I'm amazed at how incapable most of you parents seem to be at parenting. It's a simple fact that if you don't want your kid to have a thong, don't give her money, and she won't be able to buy one...right?

Unless of course, she actually wants one. Do you have any IDEA how easy it is to steal clothing? You might say, "Oh, my little Johnny wouldn't steal." However, if you deny your kid something they want, they will ALWAYS remember it. I did it to my mom over this stupid $40 plushie frog, and I never forgave her.

At 12 years of age I was fully sexual. I probably masturbated 3-4 times a day, I thought girls were hot. I wanted a committed relationship. And I grew up in a sheltered "Christian home." Regardless of what you know or think you know about your kids, they are a different person, because you are completely blinded, by your purely parental view of them as a person.

I guess this little rant boils down to one thing: I think your entire generation is failing as parents, because I'm one of the results.