I thought the article laid out nice examples where the "evolving" can be good in some ways, but harmful in others.
I know teenagers who have never been left alone. I know people graduating high school who have never independently taken care of themselves. And even on an independence scale, when I was 18, my friends and I could pretty much survive on our own in wilderness situations just fine, and we did - heading into the woods and mountains to explore almost every day. Nowadays that would get you on reality TV shows.
Sure, things are safer now... As long as we all stick inside the little boxes society provides for us. But that is not always what is actually best for us.
I know teenagers who have never been left alone. I know people graduating high school who have never independently taken care of themselves. And even on an independence scale, when I was 18, my friends and I could pretty much survive on our own in wilderness situations just fine, and we did - heading into the woods and mountains to explore almost every day. Nowadays that would get you on reality TV shows.
Sure, things are safer now... As long as we all stick inside the little boxes society provides for us. But that is not always what is actually best for us.