Thinking for control

Today I read some article from a book about how this guy treated his parents.He was born in a rich family but parents were never there for him.In the end he was caught for drug trafficing and he blames his parents.I guess the world now is changing rapidly and I think so do I. I've noticed a few thing about me had changed lately. I've become more outgoing,less seriouness,more socializing and above all spend too much money on unneccesary things, not the type that my mother would have mould me to be. I do not blame anyone else but myself.People around us infects us with their own personality more or less depending on the type of people you hang out with.If the kind you hang out are nice and pious then you would acquire the same personality even a little bit and it also works the other way around too.Kids these days are too pampered and parents always bribes them with materialistic things and money in order to make them happy but are they truly are? I think it olny makes them big headed and rude.People always think of me as the sweet innocent boy who always gets what he wants from his parents and I say they are half true. Yes I do get certain items if they are appropriate and most of all affordable.Maybe sometimes I do ask for some outrages stuff from my parents such as a car but I dont mind if they say no because I understand why the answer is no. I was educated by my parents to be independent and not pampered with money and wealth. For that I thank them,If not i will be like some snobbish rich kids who cries when they dont get what they want. To me, what i have is a blessing and as people says do count your blessings. I guess parents make out what their children to be like and makes them who they are. All the kid does is adapt of reject the teachings of their parents. I'm lucky to have my parents. They sacrifice alot for me in order for me to become who I am right now.I may not be perfect but I dont act like those kids who do not know how to appreciate their parents.I just wonder sometimes, How does these people make those acts of cruelty to one another and getting involve with all the negative stuff without ever thingking of their parents?There are 1001 things around me that could influence me into going to the negative side but the thought of my parents and what they had sacrifice for me always gets the best of me. I just hope one day when i have my own kids, they would use their heads and think about me before winding up in some disaster or something. I not a good child but I dont think I'm that bad either. I'm just rebellious thats all.Control is what a teenager needs and I thank god for giving me control over my temptations and giving me a good mind to think properly.