In what generation did it become suitable for the parents to decide to become best friends with their kids?

The Baby Boomers. They made a bloody mess of things and now they're gonna suck Social Security dry and make Gen X and Y pay for their retirement. God damn Hippies!!!!

As the day of Noah were, Matthew 24: 37-39 "But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and gibing in marriage, until the day that Noe entered in to the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."

I would say my children and I have a very honest relationship. They are aware that my husband and I have the final say and we (my husband and I) are aware that sometimes our choices are coming from an over protective parent. But our choices are final. I tell my daughter she is my "best friend", but that's just a way of saying she "means the world to me." Not literally being "my best friend."

That being said, when did it become ok for parents to beat their children to make them behave? I can tell you, as a parent, children will listen to reason and logic without having to have it imprinted on their skin by physical violence. I don't see anything wrong with having good communication with your children. Talk to them like they are humans and not like you (the parent) are always going to beat them if they make a mistake.

No, I am not accusing anyone of this (although it does happen---it's how I was raised). I think parents resort to physical punishment as a way of releasing their own tension. Children are not punching bags. If good communication is what is referred to as "being a friend" with my children, then, yes, I would consider myself my child's friend.

Yes, I'm an X'er

Nope. I was reared in the eighties. My parents did not become my friends until I was 20. And that's the way it SHOULD be. I appreciate the people my siblings and I became and I believe it was primarily due to being well reared.

But parents my age try to be mates with their children and I see the little brats they've become. To a mild extent you should be "afraid" of your parents. They're supposed to be the ones that punish you when you misbehave.

The same generation in which parents stopped loving their children

The Flintstone era. Don't scoff! What kind of bat sh^# crack heads would name their kids Pebbles and Bam-bam!

I pinpoint the problem in the pre-historic time and its later manifestations - Leave It To Beaver...

It was the Me Generation, aka Generation X, aka the 1980s.

Yep, Pop culture.

when kids started having kids

probably the 1960's....

my mom is not my friend my mom is my mom....