'Tough Love' parenting to return?

So we're in the 21st Century and to think that an MP working for David Cameron has advised parents to be tougher on their kids to give them a chance in later life. Now to most people that might have seemed sensible, in fact I'd probably say 'the norm'. But the reality is Britain has unfortunately lost its moral compass. You could say, it lost it years ago.

With children up and down the UK unable to read, write or even put basic sentences together, who is to blame? Is 'blame' the right word to use? As Eminem said so aptly in an interview recently if you are a parent 'be a parent'.

To think that parents believe children can bring themselves up without guidance, care and attention is really naive to say the least.

People should take care with their kids. Not obsess rather, ensure that a child's well being, learning and experiences grow as they do. Leaving it to the state or school is just plane wrong.

Parents need to take responsibility for their actions and to expect anyone else to do so, well, you shouldn't have kids in the first instance.

The week that the government announced a clamp down on child benefits, these comments serve as a welcome reminder that parents need to step up to the plate and take responsibility, not just for their kids, but for themselves too.