"Washington Examiner columnist Timothy P. Carney explains why parenting is harder and children are less happy than a generation ago"--

Discusses the creation of healthy boundries and reinforced consequences to help children develop a sense of accountability for their own lives.

Never has there been a more exciting -- or more challenging -- era in which to be (or parent) a teenager. The benefits of living in today's global society are great. But so are the dangers. Across the nation, pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, abortions, drug usage, homicide, and suicide have all become commonplace among teens. Yet despite these facts, moms and dads continue to have a dramatic impact on their children. Research shows that...