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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DH and I have talked about this a lot but we are older - almost 50. We have two teens and the difference in how we were raised and how we are raising ours is huge. Some of it we are happy about but some we are not. Our neighborhood, kids peer group, schools have influence for good and bad.

One difference is that  We spend so much time with our kids! Not complaining only sharing an observation. It is the expectation and the environment so with all this time together we see/ hear more ( or they tell us more?)

When we were kids we were in the neighborhood/ community with friends, no way to contact parents during the day from  school! Now, The slightest thing and I get a text from a DC.

Only Hall phones and weekly letters when I started college so a lot of things we had to figure out on our own or with the help of our peers. Made mistakes and really dumb decisions a few times but I want to believe it allowed for growth and resilience?

I don't know but I see this dependence on parents and level of anxiety extremely high in my community. I know one can argue that there was a lot our parents did not know and that was not good either but there needs to be balance.

I'm not innocent as have fallen in to over - parenting at times.  A lot has to do with the community. You feel your DC can do, see, plan, account for something but no other friend is " allowed" so you eventually just go along with the norm.

All this rambling to say I think maybe one theory is we spend too much time with our kids?[/quote]

The lack of coping skills because parents do everything for them is most certainly a contributor to the increase. The younger generation struggles to make decisions because it has always been done for them. When they are presented with problems of course they will feel overly anxious.[/quote]

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