Sociology Summary

Parents adopting more open attitude to alcohol, drugs and sex

In UK families are giving more freedom to their kids. These types of families are called “Modern Families” because they allowed to their children to do things prohibited years ago. And not just allow, but happy that their kids experience in life. According to that, they are comfortable if their children drink alcohol from as young as 10 years old, take drugs and have sex. The study interview more than 3000 parent in all Britain, and most all of the parents of the research agree with the topics already mentioned, are residents of London. They declare “were relaxed about all drug-taking, regarding it as an inevitable part of growing up”.

Also, they were liberal about homosexuality, with the 76% declaring to be untroubled if his children was gay.

A sociologist, Frank Furedi, at the University of Kent talks about it saying that "Sex, alcohol and even drugs are no longer no-go areas for children as far as parents are concern … The old-fashioned parent is fast becoming a cultural minority (…) Families have become surprisingly open-minded about allowing their children to experiment and find their own way in life”

And he added that parents understand that society has changed and that it is not the end of the world if their teenager experiments with alcohol or has sex.

Personally, I think that’s irresponsible and a lack of concern letting their children to experiment with drugs, sex and alcohol at such a short age. They only have 10 years old; they don’t have the maturity to decide what to do with their lives. It’s not being “old-fashioned, it’s being responsible with the people you bring to the world. When they grow up and be older, and have the maturity enough, then they will be able to choose if they want to be in that way. But not at 10, 13 or 15 years old, because at that age, they are just kids. I think the parents are dodging responsibility. It’s okay to be a modern family, but it’s not okay let your children be raisin by their own.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/05/parents-open-alcohol-drugs-sex