a disproportionate share of mothers said that the task of discipline fell to them alone (31 percent, versus just 9 percent of the dads). Mothers also reported setting more limits for their adolescents: they were 10 percent more likely than dads to set limits on video and computer games; 11 percent more likely to set limits on what types of activities they did online; and 5 percent more likely to regulate how many hours of television their kids could watch per day.
Anecdotes on top of this about dads being too lenient when kids make mistakes, being a friend rather than the parent.
Later claims that this leads to more conflict and threats with mother than father. Which in turn makes the departure from the home easier for mother to weather than fathers, who feel a more abrupt change occur.
