A Nation of Wimps?

A couple of years ago a Psychology Today article raised the possibility that we are becoming “a nation of wimps.”

Perhaps it’s today’s playground, all-rubber-cushioned surface where kids used to skin their knees. And… wait a minute… those aren’t little kids playing. Their mommies—and especially their daddies—are in there with them, coplaying or play-by-play coaching. Few take it half-easy on the perimeter benches, as parents used to do, letting the kids figure things out for themselves.

So the article begins (read all about it)

While the case may be slightly overstated in the article, there is something to what the author sees in the dangers of “hothouse parenting.” Let me give you a couple more quotes and encourage you to read the entire piece on your own: (more…)