[ARCADIA]

...Left to their own devices they grow up shrinking from social encounters. They lack confidence around others. They're easily influenced by others. They are sitting ducks for bullies. And they are on the path to depression....

...As a result they get less communicative; scrutiny teaches them to bury their real feelings deeply. And most of all, self-consciousness removes the safety to be experimental and playful...

...No one doubts that there are significant economic forces pushing parents to invest so heavily in their children's outcome from an early age...

We are creating a world populated by submissive drones, and we have been given real incentives for doing it. The new world order of Global Socialism requires obedience and control.

[TheSpottedOwl]

We are creating a world populated by submissive drones, and we have been given real incentives for doing it. The new world order of Global Socialism requires obedience and control.

Exactly. That thought occured to me while I was reading. Regarding those ridiculous bike helmets, parents will be fined, in some instances quite a bit of money, if a cop spots your child without one.