I found the following on Brian McCormick's blog http://www.thecrossovermovement.com/. I highly recommend his blog. It is a site that I read frequently:
Sefu Bernard’s blog alerted me to the Nation of Wimps. As the author writes:
Armed with hyperconcern and microscrutiny, parents are going to ludicrous lengths to take the lumps and bumps out of life for their children today. However well-intentioned, their efforts have the net effect of making kids more fragile. That may be why the young are breaking down in record numbers or staying stuck in endless adolescence.
I see this every day and hear about it even more from my sister who teaches at a school where nothing is ever allowed to go wrong and no child is ever responsible for his or her own actions. How can a child really learn when a parent is right behind the child making excuses for every error rather than helping the child learn from his or her mistake?
What’s more, parents are seeking status and meaning in the achievements of their children. The trouble with turning tots into trophies is that the developmental needs of the young are sacrificed to the psychological needs of adults.
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