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Originally posted by navane
But anyway, I agree with the article that adults don't want to be seen as old, yet they want younger people to give proper respect which was historically given to "older people". That message is confusing. Either you're a "respected adult", or you're their "hip friend" - crossing the two starts to get things all mixed up!
.....Kelly 
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When I was growing up, the adults at the one end of the street insisted on being called by their first name, but my parents and another friends' parents wouldn't let us - or our friends to use the parental first names.
When we hit those difficult teenage years, the children of the "hip parents" were the ones who rebelled the most, and caused the most problems. The one mother once called me crying, saying, "I do everything I can to make Stephanie my friend! How are you & your mother so close but Stephanie rejects me?!" I remember thinking, "Because you're her mother, not her friend!" but not having the guts to say it.
And guess what? When I did become an adult, my mother DID become my best friend! I realized that she always was -
that's why she & my dad were so strict with me when I was a teenager!