Well, the general maturity level of Americans today contributes to the attitudes. As I have said before, the biggest problem is that our 14-year-olds dress 25 and our 25-year-olds act 14. :)
It’s a chicken-and-egg problem. What came first, the lack of maturity, or the oversheltering — it might even be a feedback loop. I’m not terribly interested in being “right” in handicapping that contest. I’m more interested in doing my part to undo the folly, without making so many mistakes along the way that my credibility is utterly shot.