Parenting is an impossible job at any age.
I do wish I could tell you my age but it's impossible. It keeps changing all the time.
The age in which we live this non-stop distraction is making it more impossible for the young generation to ever have the curiosity or discipline... because you need to be alone to find out anything.
A dog that has rabies probably will do things it wouldn't do if it didn't have rabies. But that doesn't change the fact that it has rabies.