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Here's how the typical American family is being portrayed. Most kids are coddled by helicopter parents who overprotect their child. All moms have misgivings over their choice to work at fabulous jobs. Every child is pushed with too much homework, and every teenager is spoiled with too many luxuries. Teens have to apply to 12 colleges because they're competing against all the other overachieving youngsters. Once they graduate, you would think all young adults move home to mooch, unwilling to grow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barbie to Baby Einstein: Get Over It | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

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