Parents: A Little Too Much?

[Neonatrias]

I've noticed a sharp increase in the severity of disciplinary measures parents have been taking lately. Most notably, the people I know personally. Let me start off with a story.

Friday night, I was online around 1AM like normal. Nothing unusual had really happened. So I went into a chat with some friends of mine like I normally would. One of my friends, who for the sake of anonymity I'll call "Met," asked if I had talked to "Vie." Now, "Vie" is a very good friend of mine, as is "Met," along with everyone else in the chat.

"Met" told us some interesting news. Apparently "Vie" had talked to him minutes before, explaining how his mother was on a "Nazi warpath," as he put it. Apparently, such a thing had been going on for a long time. It finally climaxed Friday night, when she said she was kicking him out of the house on Sunday.

We were rather frantic; everyone enlisted all the help they could, because we only had two days to figure out what was going to happen. "Vie" has no one to turn to; he lives in California, and the rest of us live in the midwest or on the east coast. We figured out some temporary solutions.

Yesterday, I was given the news that "Vie" was not being kicked out.

Now, my problem with this is the fact that for some reason, we as friends seemed to care a lot more about what would happen to "Vie" than his own mother. This isn't the first time I've seen this, either; my own girlfriend's mother has threatened to kick her out on several occasions.

Is it a temporary solution? Yes. But it's only a solution for the parent; it lifts what they see as a burden from their shoulders. But what about their son or daughter? People seem to consider long-term effects less and less as the days go on.

Personally, I think it's becoming rather ridiculous. To me, it looks like more parents are running away from problems these days, rather than solving them in a productive and positive way. The sad thing is that it's become so common that many people don't see it as abnormal anymore. I'm sure there are many other experiences that would relate to things of this nature.

Personally, I have experience in these things as well. My own mother still uses the "because I said so" line every now and then. Sorry, but that doesn't cut it anymore. Get some solid reasoning before you start trying to force your ideals on me.

I've presented my opinion. I think some parents are trying to force their will upon their kids, under the reasoning that they are the adult.

Right? Wrong? Please discuss.