Parents are supposed to instill a sense of right and wrong in their children and then keep up the due diligence necessary to make sure they don't veer off that path.

The ugly truth is it's the spineless parents who parade their undisciplined children around like royalty that make people dislike kids.

We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.

There is no way to physically always be there for your children and always be at the office and always be present for your significant other and then take care of yourself. The laws of physics necessitate that somebody or some thing is going to get the short end of the stick.

I don't claim to know everything about parenting, but I do know parents do their children a disservice by constantly sugarcoating their shortcomings to protect their feelings.

Children are wonderful but they are not the center of the universe. The sooner their parents make them understand that, the better off we all will be.