People nanny kids to death until they're 18 or 21, and then expect them to be adults after that. It's absurd. They are only delaying delinquency until their 20s (when you can't do anything about it).
It's nothing but a beat-down so the doctors and psychiatrists can pump their veins full of drug-induced "self-esteem".
Give them real independence to be free and proud - not freedom with a leash - or else they will never learn those qualities as adults.
Do you have any children?
Different kids require different tools.
It would be small comfort to me that my daughter was exercising her independence if I ended up weeping at her funeral over a tragedy I could have prevented with a little parental intervention.
Oh, like your Senator and his clan does?
Ummm, American freedom is not freedom to do whatever the hell you want to. We have to learn how to control ourselves. There are plenty of things you don't have a right to do. But if you're smart enough, you are able to control yourself. And I am sure there are a few things you'd like to do that you'd do if you thought you could get away with it, but the fear of being caught and the consequences make it not worth it to you.
How is letting teens continue to lie to their parents (aka their authority figures) a good thing to you?
This has nothing to do with nannying anyone. The kid obviously doesn't have a problem with being a liar so she has shown that she cannot be trusted. Perhaps what Mom (& Dad if he's around) screwed up on was buying the kid an SUV since there are probably other signs that this kid doesn't do what she says that she is going to do. Maybe some accountability lessons would help but in the end, as long as that kid lives under her parents' roof, they are responsible for her.
Hear, Hear!