I really don’t know much about what other parents do, or how other kids have ended up. What I do know is that the article’s list of “where did we go wrong” is nothing like what my dear ex-wife and I did as parents, nor nothing like what my kids experienced growing up. They’re in their mid-20’s now, and for the most part, self-sufficient and have been for a few years. The list reminds me of kids I knew growing up. I’m not sure the generation referenced is all that different from mine. I can’t say with any certainty that kids that grew up like that are failures as adults any more than kids who didn’t are successes. I have two kids that grew up in the same house and couldn’t be more different. I suspect a whole lot of it comes from inside the kid, what they’re born with. It’s more a parent’s job not to screw it up.
