Society Will Pay a Big Price for All of Our “Lost Boys” WSJ Editoral and Article are Must Reads for All Parents

As a parent of a Gen Y young man, and as an advocate for Generation Y, I highly encourage everyone to read this editorial in the Wall Street Journal from this past week:

Society Will Pay a Big Price for All of our “Lost Boys”

“A politically correct society and “helicopter” parents have stripped opportunities for all of life’s potential failures out of the lives of young boys. Only the athletes truly compete, and young boys need competition. They reach college age so fearful of any type of failure that their only answer is to sit in the back of the room and adopt the “cool pose” we are so familiar with from high school.”

This one statement in the editorial is a big wake up call for all parents:

This editorial followed an article by Richard Whitmire “The Lost Boys”

I have said this so much, but if you are a parent, and if you are hovering over your child (aka…if you are a “helicopter parent”,) I highly encourage you to read both the editorial and the article.