Overanalysis.

Child rearing was once simple: you raised a child who understood he/she had obligations to family and society. Everything from there kind of took care of itself.

Today child rearing is supposed to require extensive analysis. We need to be careful not to harm self-esteem. We need to be sure the child is exposed to the right educational opportunities. We need to be sure the child is widely-traveled.

I wonder if today’s children are really better prepared to function well as adults than preceding generations of children.