She is indeed onto something, but it is the same thing we’ve been talking about for years already!
The very values that the philosophy was meant to instill, failed. We are now seeing a parental generation unable to cope, teach, or instill self-discipline in their own children. It is the result of the ‘nanny state.’
Sports where there are no losers, spanking is child abuse, sending the child to a corner in front of classmates is considered horrific. All of these things were touted in front of several generations as poor parenting and damaging to the self-esteem, we are now only beginning to see the fruits of that effort.
Yes, it's a terrible thing, but I just have one question--Where'd all those magnificent Marines come from? Is it possible that "parenting coaches" and the like are a miniscule epiphenomenon of the metrosexual sliver?