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100			_aMarano, Hara Estroff,
245		2	_aA Nation of Wimps. _cHara Estroff Marano.
260			_bPsychology Today, _c2004.
440			_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2006. _nArticle 26, _pFamily, _x1522-3213;
500			_aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
500			_aOriginally Published: A Nation of Wimps, Nov./Dec. 2004; pp. 58+.
520			_a"Parents are going to ludicrous lengths to take the lumps and bumps out of life for their children. However well-intentioned, parental hyperconcern and microscrutiny have the net effect of making kids more fragile. That may be why the young are breaking down in record numbers." (PSYCHOLOGY TODAY) This article discusses the over-protectiveness of today's parents and notes that "with few challenges all their own, kids are unable to forge their creative adaptations to the normal vicissitudes of life. That not only makes them risk-averse, it makes them psychologically fragile, riddled with anxiety. In the process they're robbed of identity, meaning and a sense of accomplishment, to say nothing of a shot at real happiness. Forget, too, about perseverance, not simply a moral virtue but a necessary life skill. These turn out to be the spreading psychic fault lines of 21st-century youth. Whether we want to or not, we're on our way to creating a nation of wimps."
599			_aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650			_aAnxiety
650			_aChild mental health
650			_aCollege students _xAlcohol use
650			_aCollege students _xMental health
650			_aCompetition (Psychology)
650			_aControl (Psychology)
650			_aExperience in children
650			_aLife skills
650			_aParent and child
650			_aParental overprotection
650			_aPlay
650			_aStudents _xMental health
650			_aTeenagers _xMental health
650			_aWorry
710			_aProQuest Information and Learning Company _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2006, _pFamily. _x1522-3213;
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