their children really, really close and really, really tight in an attempt to shield them from what is threatening. Some other parents say, “You know what, my kids are eventually going to need to be toughened up by the world.” And these parents simply push their children into it, almost like throwing a child into the deep end of the pool and saying, “They’ll learn how to swim eventually.” These parents often rationalize this approach by their own journey. One father told me, “I’m not sure what the big