Kids need discipline, order and rules.
I hate when idiot Momzillas brag about how they are LIKE BEST BEST FRIENDS with their kids.
Kids need parents, and role models-they have friends at school. You can be 'friends' with your kids when they are older and more mature-when they are adults.
It's amazing how frightened people are of their own children-and how their paralyzing fear can really screw up their children.