Long-term harmful effects begin in adolescence. Getting teens involved in underage drinking (Bianca Mgbemere and Rachel Telles, 10/12/2013). Other harmful effects caused by permissive parents are: poor social skills (not being able to share or act maturely), self-centeredness, disobedience of the law, lack of motivation and lack of limits or filtration of what they say or do. Permissive parents allow their children to substitute who and what they want, without thinking about