Who's in Charge, Here?

Terrific piece today over on Babble.com: "Anarchy in the Pre-K: Is Your Household a "Kindergarcy"? 

The word is defined by Paul McFedries on The Word Spy as "Rule or domination by children; the belief that children's needs and preferences take precedence over those of their parents or other adults. "Who's in charge here," indeed!

"This new word has spread quickly, concisely capturing the feeling that the lollipops of childhood have been replaced by royal scepters, with which parents and bystanders are soundly bludgeoned," says author Mark Peters.

In the Sydney Morning Herald, Michael Duffy sums up the feelings behind the word: "Ours is a society increasingly dominated by the needs of children, or rather by the extraordinarily inflated needs we have come to attribute to them. The amount of money and attention many parents lavish on their children not only doesn't do much for the characters of their sons and daughters, it diminishes the parents' lives as well."

What do you think? Are parents today raising a generation of spoiled brats? Are we putting adult needs aside, in favor of those of our children, to a ridiculous point? Are you allowing yourself to be run ragged in the name of good parenting?