The behavior of the characters can be considered typical of most seventeen-year-olds with permissive parents largely concerned with their own lives.

He worried about the national debt, big government, bureaucrats who lacked common sense, permissive parents, leftist radicals and America succumbing to moral decay.

Children of permissive parents are generally happy but sometimes show low levels of self-control and self-reliance because they lack structure at home.

A permissive parent shows lots of affection toward his or her child but provides little discipline.

Strict parents discourage young teenagers from smoking and drinking, permissive parents do not.

The permissive parent is overly responsive to the child's demands, seldom enforcing consistent rules.

The "spoiled" child often has permissive parents.

Olive got the impression the lady would turn out to be a pretty permissive parent.

Overly permissive parents, on the other hand, focus on the process of making choices to the exclusion of the goal of the behaviors.

Shopping with children, at least those who have "permissive" parents, is frowned upon, according to a sign posted on the front door.