# What is your opinion on strictness in parents? How strict should parents be and what is just absurd? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 14, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-strictness-in-parents-how-strict-should-parents-be-and-what-is-just-absurd/1025680 "2025-12-14T04:14:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 52
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-strictness-in-parents-how-strict-should-parents-be-and-what-is-just-absurd/1025680/52 "2025-12-28T18:30:50Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > In another thread the OP detailed fines they’ve received for selling drugs (vapes and “something else”) and school suspensions, etc. Yeah–that’s important info: > [@Maylia and Jack: A Story of Teens and Fentanyl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maylia-and-jack-a-story-of-teens-and-fentanyl/1025829/7): > > I got caught selling a vape one time at school and they were going to give me a distribution charge because they thought it was laced with fentanyl. It wasn’t thank goodness, but it was still scary thinking of it. A later posts mentions being fined six times for selling vapes at school. A good response to overly strict parents is to stop criming. Criming doesn’t excuse their behavior about milk jugs, but stopping it is a good idea nonetheless. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-strictness-in-parents-how-strict-should-parents-be-and-what-is-just-absurd/1025680)._