Contra Costa Times- Your Turn: Financial and parenting crisis related

The bubble inflated. Rules were loose, credit was easy, dreams were big and the hype was huge. Then one day it popped and it was all gone. Today we stand neck deep in the mess, digging our way out while trying to get back on solid ground. This is the boom and bust of the financial crisis and also describes a kind of parenting that blossomed in those bubble times. The days of inflated buying brought inflated parenting where indulgence was hot and appropriate limits were not.