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Originally Posted by Bucco
I am happy we have such successful parents posting, but curious about whether you believe, good or bad parenting, if it is a natural, normal human behavior to protect your children. The worst of parents are known to bare their teeth if their children are in jeopardy.
I simply dismiss that this "era" has somehow diminished that behavior.
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As I said in my previous post, I think heightened media reporting has made us more aware that these things happen. They may have been happening before as Bogie Shooter pointed out, but most of us never even knew about it.
I do think though that there has been a trend in recent years toward more busyness (both parents and children) and more desire for material things leading to less quality family time as a result. I'm not talking all, or even a majority, but more so than I noticed in my growing up years. Of course, I could be wrong.....