rose color glasses, maybe not 30 or 40 but prehaps 50 or 60.

Perhaps I am being egotistical, but I believe I am doing a better job of parenting than my parents did with me. I think they did a good job, but I am more active in my children's activities than my father was with mine. My children and I share our feelings with each other more than I did with my father.

I think I am a good parent to my kids, I try. I think it has to do w/ each individual parent. Even back 30 or 40 years ago there were bad parents who let their kids do whatever. Now it is just more publicized, and we hear all the bad stuff that goes on.

Personally I think parents disciplined their children more than most do in this day and age. In my oppinion, espeacialy here in the UK I just don't think enough is enforced. I don't think we look at in rose coloured glasses. Well I don't! Things were a lot harder for most parents back then. A distinct lack of finance was a contributer. I'm pleased that as a parent now I can do more for my children, due to be much better off than they were. Things change as time goes on. In 40 years people will think us parents now, were old fashioned and out parenting attitudes a bit strange.

i dont think parenting was better 30 or 40 years ago but i thing there is a trend in spanking meaning increased child abuse cases and badly behaved kids becoming criminals and delinquents. i look at it this way, it is illegal to spank your child so therefor the child has less reason to behave (yes small children respond to pain more than anythng) the kids then become out of control as they get older because they dont have that fear of a spanking or severe punishment instilled in them when they are young. the kids get to a point where they are so out of control some parents just lose it and give them a real good beating (child abuse) children also have no fear of consiquence and grow up not caring about what punishment they will get for there actions and ultimatly end up in prison or jail after commiting crimes. purely beause they dont care. this isnt the case for all children but i think bad behavior is on the increase for most children and its because there parents are not allowed to physically punish them from a young age, eventually all kids reach a point where they realise that being made to sit on the naughty step aint all that bad.

I think parenting, on the whole, was stricter 30-40 years ago. you often hear people say things like "if I had said that to my father I would have got a slap." So, stricter, more physical? yes, better? that's debateable. All I know is that there are a lot of parents who let their kids walk all over them.

i don't know about better, but parents were in charge and there was respect and discipline, which we sorely lack today. I thnk children need guidance and rules to live by.

No, times were different so they had different problems to worry about but I believe they felt the same as we do now. For example they worried more about crops and money. Now days we worry about stuff like our kids wearing pants that cover their crack...

probably not.....but now we have laws that protect beating the crap out of our children.