That is, Boomer and Post-Boomers. They wait until they're 35 to have kids, and then they treat child-rearing like they're building the perfect kitchen - with the granite island and restaurant-style range, natch. They're trying to get the most for their money, as if Consumer Reports were their child-rearing Bible. Their own parents kicked them out the door and didn't bother with them, but they have to be helicopters around their own kids.

The truth is, kids develop at their own speed, in their own directions. The leading scientists of the 20th century didn't go to kindergarten, much less get "coaching" or constant checks on their homework. It's pure vanity to think that you really "raise" your kids. They spend most of their childhood trying to shake you off - and that's a good thing.

Must emphatically agree to this. Also, while well-meaning, the article is very academic in tone. Just how many parents would read it and change the way they're doing things?

I agree with this article too and I hope I can change some of the ways I have been putting unrealistic pressure on my children. So maybe there is hope that others will too..

and yet the pre clueless generations raised them.