You know... I get what Captain is saying and I most definitely agree to SOME EXTENT... but just because you're over 40 and years ago you had to create your own shelter and hunt your own food at an early age doesn't mean that some of the parenting practices that have changed for a safer childhood are all bad.
My two cents:
1) Every generation says that the new generations are worse / sissified / lazier / etc.
2) Every person grows older, and every person faces society whether they're prepared for it or not. If your parent turned you into a walking vagina then yes, you'll face a walk-up call but yes, you can get over that too and contribute to society once you realize not everything bends to your beck and call and sometimes things just don't go your way. At the end of the day, if you can't adapt, and you can't handle the real world, you may suffer indeed, but helicopter parents or not it's still up to the individual in my opinion.
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