NTNS -Common Sense isn't so common: Parenting and the Modern Era

Has parenting in today's modern era gone to the dogs? Do parents put too much faith in others instead of putting it in themselves?  What are helicopter parents? Why are other mother's so judgemental?  Has technology taken the place of parenting? Are today's parent's too soft or too strong? 

What are some of the things that other parents have said to you that made you cringe or simply tell them off? How do you handle parent to parent confrontations? What do you do when grandparents meddle and go against your rules?