Quote Originally Posted by delusionsofNORMALity
nah, i don't hate kids...

it's what their self-righteous, lily-livered, over-protective parents turn them into that i despise. those idiots who try to enhance their children's self-esteem by making them the center of everyone else's universe should take a good look at what they are creating. the battle-cry "it's for the children" is so overused that it is soon to become completely meaningless (hopefully).

as a charter member of DAMM (drunks against mad mothers), i hereby call for the retroactive sterilization of these "parents by default".
I've seen the effects of those parents you speak of- at our college registration, I have actually seen parents accompany their kids- not freshmen, mind you! The poor kids hang back like idiots while mommy does everything for them, and then we wonder why they have trouble growing up!
On the one hand, I want to communicate as much as possible with my kids, since I didn't have that with my own parents, but I also want to encourage my kids (like I do my students) to develop a sense of personal responsibilty and a solid work ethic. It doesn't help kids to do everything for them obviously, since then they just turn into helpless 20 year old babies. The parents that call their child's college professor and ask that they be given better grades since "She/he tried so hard" should be sent to parenting class like drivers sentenced to traffic class!