I think what's happening is we are failing to equip children with the skills that they need - the emotional skills as well as the practical skills.

Today's mom watches her every child-rearing step lest she commit some egregious and apocalyptic parenting faux pas that will certainly doom her child to a life spent sleeping under overpasses, or worse, not going to Harvard.

Parents should not agonize over anything a child does or fails to do if the child is perfectly capable of agonizing over it himself.

Whats happening in America today is parents are emphasizing their relationship with their children instead of leadership. Anyone in leadership will tell you you cannot have a warm, fuzzy relationship with someone youre in charge of leading.