Are parents worse today than in previous years?

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Some Bill O'Reilly reporting -- Phoenix Arizona tonight and in in the what the heck just happened -- and kind of a serious subject forgot fellow Mcguirk.

As we imagine the talking points a New Jersey woman got away with a ingesting cocaine two days before giving birth.

And all over the country Foster homes -- -- -- abuse children it's estimated.

Close to 700000.

American kids were abused or neglected in 2011 those -- the latest stats.

Question is our parents today worse.

Than they were say 25 years ago does now from New York City Bernard Mcguirk and -- -- you said.

I felt -- I think we're going to hell in a courtroom.

We -- living -- relative that's the society.

Where if you want to distinguish between right and wrong that is seen as mean.

And being mean these days is wrong so that's -- -- don't spank your kids you can't punish them in the adults are always seen as the the aggressors in the kids is the Smart ones.

This is a shame I mean the fact is these legal advocates.

Hailed this decision it was like a big triumph for pregnant cocaine users this is supposed to be a great thing.

Well they they.

There's a couple of things and play they a lot of the judges see drug addicts now as victims of a disease.

And no matter what they do.

You can't hold accountable.

All right but in your case -- why it has parenting change or the attitude.

Toward it.

What has changed it.

Well I think it used to be.

Admired.

But I think the nuclear family is now seen as a nuclear option it's no longer -- something great or grand.

To actually you know create something I mean I'm a hypocrite -- don't have kids I will one day I think -- maybe it's not a good idea but anyway I you know nowadays I just think it's.

It's not seen as anything special.

All right Mcguirk you'll raise in an Irish Catholic home this was not -- -- -- right.

In the console -- in the South Bronx in the rocks that's.

Okay.

So.

-- working people.

Ethnic people.

Religious people.

And everybody pretty much was parent did the same way.

Analyze got a whack -- it was you know there was some crazy parents but there was a uniformity -- -- in America now.

Do they go overboard -- -- sure.

I think I never hit my kids ever I mean I can control them and get my lessons across without physical William violence here that at that.

I am a scary -- I think and I don't -- any nonsense -- a thank you.

But what has happened bill.

That as -- American parenting down this permissive.

-- while a few things that we it's becoming more and more obvious we live and it's stupid hedonistic selfish narcissistic.

-- immediate gratification kind of society.

And Dan Quayle alluded to it a long time ago got vilified for the single mom thing and -- President Obama finally got around to within about a week or two ago that's a factor and also these these dope into the entertainment culture of these doping reality -- That perpetuate all these -- that I just mentioned.

I've indicated card -- -- -- the salukis act having kids these are bugged me the famous for sex tapes and they get drunk and been exposing their.

-- in public they're having kids out so.

All -- -- social media and of course the kid that the parents now wanna be friends with the kids they don't why.

They don't want to actually go discipline the kids what my -- used to Draco a pop kinda Jamison every -- when she was pregnant would you let me get out alive she knows you know that she I wasn't her drinking buddy.

So you know that's why I turned out OK I'm.

Huh that's -- Mcguirk went.

You know that -- conflict and as a as a good -- Catholic.

About them -- of this whole birth control you know I mean on the one -- You know that should these people be having kids on the other hand my -- says that the birth control and things like that or bad thing.

And by the way -- you give up a lead as a good Catholic.

Yourself below the odds -- that's he had too hard too far out and I gave up.

Actually what I'm trying to -- -- one kindness random kindness today with the failing that'll never happen like -- let you know shows listen that yes listen to this.

In.

South Glen falls New York yes sixteen year old kid has a birthday parties mother throws for.

Right -- -- vigor 33 years old now sixteen year old kid Judy -- 33 -- math.

Yes as Judy.

Eighty people -- via she invites strippers to stripper she hires -- -- for her sixteen.

Birthday for the -- I know I mean.

This is insane I mean who gets a lap dance in front of their mother.

Maybe she works everything just wait till the shift is over.

And who does who has strippers at a bowling -- that sacred the bowl bowling alleys of her -- and stealing when it was at a bowling Alley in and it cops have charged this woman.

All right with endangering the welfare of a child that when you see things like this I mean you just -- -- -- so what.

And how could you possibly do because you have to think this how this is that a spur of the moment -- issue strippers commodity in a bowl a few games and then BofA.

This is we call the agency they come down my kids six -- I got eighty other.

People but it did it ought to it was like our -- strippers on fourteen year old girl -- strip was would have been arrested and they should have been.

All right.

When apple always -- -- Mcguirk and I apologize in advance.

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