Not sure when it started, but it seems like today we do not want our kids grow up. Now this is not true for all parents, but it is true for a lot of them.
My son told me once, “Thank you for being a hard ass.”. He went on to say “I can do much more than my friends, thank you.”.
His girlfriends father at the time went in and took care of her email because there were important dates she missed with regards to college. My opinion is if you do not take care of that, it is not my fault if you do not go to college. Take care of what needs to be taken care of.
Now for all you people who think I am being harsh, wake-up. The world does not cater to you. Instead it will chew you up and spit you out if your lucky so you have a chance to learn and grow.
Then there was a story I heard on the radio. This man was upset with his son. His son was 15 and by the fathers account, he was lazy. The father stated he would sleep all day, play video games, and sleep some more. He would not do his chores or help around the house. The father sent the son to a working farm for 2 weeks where he learned to try, fail, and try again.
The son made a comment about how parents do not let their kids try anything. The parents are afraid the kids will mess things up, it will have to be redone which costs money, and/or they will get hurt or hurt others. Yes there were other things the son mentioned, but those were the most important.
What the son learned at the farm was that it is okay to mess-up as long as you are willing to fix the problem. What we need to learn as parents is to let our kids take chances when the kids are young before society teaches the harsh reality of life. I urge parents to teach your kids how to do things and take responsibility and not to worry about redoing it or the cost to redo it.