Who Exactly is the Douchebag?

That’s the question Details magazine wants to know, and it seems that in most cases, it’s the parents.

Well, actually the title is “Are You Raising a Douchebag?”  According to the article, your child might be a douchebag if he labels his friend’s birthday party as lame, is the one in charge of picking the weekend brunch spot, and “asks how the branzino is prepared.”

But what it all boils down to is basically parenting, or lack thereof.  The magazine points out the recent trend of wanting to be your kid’s friend rather than their actual parent. 

I don’t understand parents like that, to be honest.  I’ve got plenty of friends my own age, I don’t need my kid to be one.  And more importantly, he doesn’t need a 38 year old “friend” either.   I know someone who was so attatched to her mom that she wanted her mother to accompany her on her honeymoon cruise.  That, my friends, is just all kinds of wrong.

What I want to know is, do the parents who are raising douchebag kids really know that they are raising douchebag kids?  My guess is that they are too involved in their own little worlds to acknowledge the all-around douchebaggery of their family.

Because let’s face it, parents who are truly cool don’t raise douchebag kids.  Being a truly cool parent has nothing to do with your Bugaboo stroller and everything to do with how you teach your strong morals and ethics to your kids, hopefully by example. 

However, as an example used in the article, I totally cop to wanting my son to appreciate Roxy Music as much as I do. 

If that makes me a fractionally douchebag parent, then my apologies in advance.