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>has something changed?

we are apparently supposed to monitor every single minute of their lives. they can't have moments to themselves. the news scares parents(not unwarranted, but still...). we have to pad the road so when they fall, nobody gets hurt. oh, and we can't allow them to make decisions. we want dependent, entitled kids from rich families where everything is fine and no one ever had a problem.

anything other than that is just weird or poor peoples problems.

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