Parenting Discipline

In the past year or so, there has been a lot of coverage about the changes the past couple of decades have seen in parenting (in general). 

Do kids, these days, feel entitled?  Do they act as if they are? Are parents entitling their kids?  Are more subscribing to the uninvolved parenting style, or the permissive parenting style?  Are parents just generally overwhelmed with their own lives and then even more overwhelmed with having to deal with their kids? 

The alternative might be the authoritarian parent, one who is very strict and needs to maintain control.  Have you heard the coverage over the past year about the Tiger Mom?  Her girls seem to be very successful, but is this the way to get them there? 

A deeper question might be how parents these days are actually disciplining their kids.  There is a lot of negative coverage about spanking, and great coverage about time - outs.  Is this what parents are doing today, or are parents spanking their kids and not mentioning it to anyone? 

I cover this topic on the page on my site called parenting discipline.  I'd like to get a lot more feedback from others.  Please go to disciplining kids and weigh in.