Om Swami
Should I be my child's friend or a strict parent?
Be a parent, not only a friend
As parents you can't always be friends. That is a recipe for disaster. Somewhere you have to be a parent and put your foot down, and that almost always begins by inculcating a sense of self-discipline in children.
As parents you can't always be friends; that is a recipe for disaster. Somewhere you have to be a parent and put your foot down.