>It is a constant, "but my friends can do this", and you have to deal with it all the time. I don't have children, but I was a child and I know parents. It's

>It is a constant, "but my friends can do this", and you have to deal with it all the time. I don't have children, but I was a child and I know parents. It's not a given that a child has this type of 2 way negotiation/bargaining power in the home, let alone the freedom to speak their mind towards their parents.