Yes Guuest, you're right and it scares me too. A lot of children of the future will not know how to be in a family situation.
Yes, JennyO I am proud of my son, though his 'individuality' has cause him a lot of problems along the way. When he was at primary school and he absolutley refused to conform to his peer group and in consequence was picked on and ostracised. In his first three years at secondary school it was even worse because, of course, the years from 11-13/14 are the worst for the 'peer group pressure' thing. It worried me a lot, and I spent a lot of time 'phining the school or going in to see them because of the way he was sometimes treated by the other kids. Fortunately I knew he wasn't going to get into smoking, drugs etc because of peer group pressure!
Now that he is 16 and in his second year at the upper school he finally has a really nice group of friends and is well-known at school The other kids have become mature enough (generally) to appreciate his 'eccentricity' and he is quite a popular boy. It's taken a lot of heartache to get here though!