Parents can do some things that just make us, their children, cringe.  Maybe it's suffering through a sex scene in a movie... and they comment on the action, or they hit a midlife crisis and normally bald father starts rocking the dreaded toupee.  The Daily Mail came up with a list of the 10 most cringe- worthy moments with your parents and the above represents two of them. 

 

Then there's a story out of Belgium that you'll probably find disturbing.  First, you should know that in Belgium, euthanasia is legal for people 18 and older.  If you're an adult and feel the need for an assist in your wish, Belgium's got you covered.  Here's where it gets messed up; the Belgium government is now considering extending the right to children... as long as they have the consent of their parents.  Think about that.  Sure, as a parent, there are times we wanna "kill" the kids, but figuratively.  The idea of signing off on their literal death is just messed way up beyond comprehension.  Just me?  I'm all for parents supporting their kids decisions, but wow. 

 

Look, maybe your parents were the cool ones who let you and your knuckle-head friends underage drink in the basement; or they encouraged you to beat the crap out of that jerk neighbor kid, but today we wanted to know:  WHAT WERE YOU SHOCKED YOUR PARENTS WERE COOL WITH?

Beating someone who starts a fight with you to the ground. I was told "you don't start a fight, but by God you can finish one." "You don't just hit him and stand there. You hit him until he quits moving or someone pulls you off him."

They were cool with my piercings and tats. As long as they were not on ny face.

They wouldn't buy me booze in school or let me do it in front of them. However they were fine if I did it.

My old man got plowed with me when Auburn threw me out, and we were moving me back home. He also let me leave from moving so I could spend some alone time with two of the girls I was always going out with while I was in school there. That absolutely shocked the hell out of me. To this day I can't believe he was cool with that.

I was worried when I started my mass purchasing of firearms while living at home. However as long as I kept them locked up they were cool with it.

They also left me be when they found out I was banging juice. They didn't approve of it. However as long as I didn't do it in their or my siblings presence they left me alone about it. Again this was after I was booted our of Auburn and before I had moved out.

I grew up with strict parents, morally speaking.  I'm thankful for that.  But, I had a lot of freedoms that my friends didn't.  My dad let me take his bass boat out alone at a young age.  Typically, these outings happened while the boat was in a slip at the campground we were staying at.  But, I remember being dropped off at the ramp once before I had my driver's license.  They just told me what time to be back, and they would pick me up.  My dad also taught me how to use firearms and hunt at a young age, and "turned me loose" pretty early on when he wasn't able to take me hunting.  As I've gotten older, the freedom I had hunting and fishing during my childhood means a whole lot more to me than being able to drink a beer or screw around with some girl, and my parents approving of it.

Smoking cigarettes,drinking and weed. I'm not going to say she was cool with it but she knew I did it and I didn't get in any type of trouble. She was a rebel child and knew if she told me no that I'd just wanna do it that much more. Especially with no father around and having that teenage angst. She gave me "the talk" and that was the end of it. The convo was finished with if I ever got arrested that I shouldn't bother calling her. I went through the phase and then I was done with it.

Not only were my parents very liberal but all of my aunts and uncles were with my cousins as well.  We had few restrictions, except grades and our schoolwork came before anything else.  We were encourgaged to keep an open mind about everything but be responsible for our actions, not to say some of us didn't go thru some rocky times as many young kids do.  In the end we all came out pretty good, everyone one of us is either a professional or business owner, we are all retired now.

My wife and I raised her 2 daughters the same way, they are doing pretty darn good too, and raising their children in the same tradition.