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Wetwork, that has been going on for more than 20 years. I remember seeing it in the 80's in Southern California and the 90's in the Chicago Suburbs. It's just probably become the majority of parents in the last 20 years.

I first saw the child/friend thing with divorced parents (and I saw it from dads too) who wanted to win affection by being their kid's friend. Next I saw it from working parents who didn't want to do the discipline thing and wanted their limited time with their kids to always be "fun". Finally, you see it from everyone else because it's so hard to discipline your kids and far easier to give in.