As the World Turns - MESSAGE BOARDS

Ever since he "did it" with Liberty he's been acting like he's "the King of the Castle". He is so disrepectful to both Jack and Carly, and says and does whatever he wants. They need to remind him further that he is just a child, not an adult, which he is trying to act like.

They need to ship his sorry behind off to military school where he'll learn a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T! That's what I would do anyways...

I agree. I have raised three kids and none of them would have dared speak to me or my husband the way he talks to his parents. What really makes me sick is the way that they take his attitude and abuse. When they finally do get fed up, they "ground him" and he just ignores the punishment. I guess Carly and Jack feel guilty about how they screwed up their own lives and are trying to compensate. In the meanwhile, he is growing more arrogant and empowered since he did the horizontal tango with Liberty.

Are you guys forgetting that this kid is 15. He's going to be a little punk, and talk back and push boundaries. Plus with all the things he's gone through in a past few years, give him a little break. Between his dad Hal dying to Carly taking off to JJ getting kidnapped to thinking his mom was dying to Carly/Jack get back together then breaking up to being arrested for killing a guy and now with Carly having an affair with Holden. I'm surprises that this kid hasn't completely lost it.

So now he finally found someone (Liberty) who he can talk to and sees to make things all better (in his mind). And then his parents say they can't see each other, Carly and Jack are lucky that he's only talking back. He could be getting into a lot more trouble.

ITA with everything you just said buffyfan

How can you expect someone to respect you if you don't respect yourself. Carly has no self respect and deserves no respect. I don't think Parker has been disrespectful towards Jack and from looking at "you owe me one meter" Carly still has away to go before she pays Parker back for saving her from being raped and all the stunts she has pulled.

I agree that Parker has been through a lot, but he shouldn't disrespect his parents! That's just the way I was brought up. It seems like that a lot of young kids on soaps disrespect their parents and more or less get away with it most of the time.

he's fifteen for god sakes! hes a bratty teenager, and is acting out, like most teenagers do.


plus he's calmed down a bit in the past few days. since the rule was sent out about one adult int ehroom at ll times... and blah bla bla bla bla. i for one love parker and liberty, and isee them being a bit more mature than they were a couple weeks ago.

he's been through alot since he was a kid,and also he learns from example. the parents keeping an eye on him constantly will just make him act out more than usual.

They aren't "having sex"...they HAD sex...one time.

ITA lttlangel. Parker has undergone so much trauma and drama, what with the infidelity, abandonment, trial, kidnapping, and barage of other things that he has been subjected to. In addition, he is showing typical teen behavior. Now, he should be reigned in for getting smart with his parents, but they should focus more on their kids instead of getting some themselves. I don't see Parker as a horny perv; he's just connected with Liberty and thinks and wants to be around her all the time. If anything, I think she was the bad influence. Sex never seemed to dawn on him until Libby broke out the condoms. Now, Brad is trying to lock her in a chastity belt like she's so innocent. I think she's a smart-azz and has played the big girl game, but doesn't want to deal with the emotions involved. When she stops playing games with Parker and the parents stop acting like teens, I think he'll cool down quite a bit.

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So I agree with a lot of what you said. Jack hasn't done much to hurt Parker the way Carly has but I have to say I love Carly (I don't care about all the bad stuff she's done). But I don't agree with the last paragraph. I wouldn't expect a 15 year old to go talk to a psychiatrists or guidance counselors without being forced to.

I also don't agree with anyone who is putting all the blame on Liberty for them having sex. Just because he wasn't having sex before he met Liberty doesn't mean he wasn't thinking about it. All teen guys think about sex its just life. And yes most people agree that there too young and they probably are but to them it doesn't matter.

I'm 20 and I remember being 15, I though I new everything and I thought I was always right. And I wouldn't listen if someone said other wises. Kids that age think there invincible and that nothing bad can ever happen. And when it comes to sex it usually takes a pregnancy scare or catching something to knock some since into them.