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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My therapist friend sometimes shares that in general, based on what she sees, she fears a generation of kids who are coddled into being afraid of everything. Afraid to go away for college. Afraid of responsibility. Afraid of breaking out of any comfort zone.

Is that spoiled? It might be a form of it. Not rebellion as OP described but more of parents spoiling kids so they never grow. [/quote]

Teachers would agree with that therapist.  [/quote]

There's really not one group to blame, it's a combination of parents, schools, technology, and the media. I think this actually measurable unlike generalizations about the behavior of kids these days. It's starts with the parents keeping them from leaving the yard, or walking to the bus stop lest they be found neglectful or because of fear of what the news tells them could happen. This is reinforced by the rules of the school in the name of safety. When they are tweens and teens they monitor their texts and web history, follow their whereabouts, correct their homework; basically taking away any autonomy or difficult decision making. Then magically these cocooned children are supposed to become functional adults. No wonder anxiety is so common.

It's hard to blame kids for the culture we live in or parents who sincerely believe the more involved they are, the more they care. 
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