They all turned out pretty messed up.
I was in high school and college in the ‘70s, and one thing that has been “interesting” to watch has been to see many contemporaries who lived like hippies in their own young lives turn into fairly strict parents years later.
Not saying that all turned into FR conservatives, but there were plenty who saw how messed up some of our classmates turned out to be and didn’t seem to want anything similar for their own kids.
When I was going out with my fiance, we got stranded one night in a horrible storm over a friends house. I called my parents, and they told me in no uncertain terms I’d better get home pronto.
Years later I had a friend whose parents were very lax and let boyfriends and girlfriends spend the night over the house. They became hard workers, but mainly because they realized no one in the family would stand by them if they failed at anything - nobody really cared about anyone else.
It took me a while to realize how much my friend envied my “strict” parents. Last I knew of her she still had not had a good marriage.
Disaster ensued. The older daughter (age 16) was level-headed but the younger daughter (age 14) was sensitive and susceptible. Within six months, there was a claim by the younger daughter of attempted date rape. The older daughter disputed this, called her sister a slut (publicly), and insisted that she had lured the boy into making the assault. Police were involved, there were depositions, lives were ruined, the family was shattered, and the older daughter did not deviate from her story. The younger daughter -- quite a brilliant girl -- eventually got extremely depressed, flipped out and got hooked on drugs, spent almost a decade in rehab, and is now a hairdresser. They did not come from a blue collar family -- one parent was the head of research at a science facility at the University of California, and the other was a leading research M.D.
I can only imagine the situation, much like Tammy8's story about the 14-year old who announces to the world, "did you know I'm now sexually active." A girls saying that at a party is like a guarantee to have a tussle later on at night with a boy.
In the example I cite, I have absolutely no doubt that the child's depression and drug abuse came about because he parents thought that having her grow up at 14 was the right action. Because we all know that, given half a chance, teenage boys who can get easy sex from a 14-year old will do it until she is used up. THAT's why depression rates from teenage girls are so high.
If any of you are interested, suggest you read the story about the lost teens of Rockdale County. The article is a bit dated (1999) but it's very revealing how being sexually active for a teenage girl inevitably leads to depression or dislike for all boys and men. Website:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/georgia/etc/script.html
Liberal Lie #1: If you just let someone have his/her way, it will be peaceful and okay.
The big problem with this is that it absolutely won’t. I wonder who will just sit around and consider the fact that some evolved STDs are a real risk and problem right now, not to mention the chance that pregnancy without marriage still can occur, and still does, that’s a price tag there.
But then again, sounds like the author wants the abortions and STD infections to keep on going, keeping the agenda well-funded.
I personally would not get laid in my parents’ house, especially if my spouse and I had our own to live in and do that anyways. Why some parent should just not worry about why some unmarried kid does some things in one’s house is a little beyond me, but what is not beyond me is the fact that they aren’t a functional family not to care about it.