HK -- Indeed!

I think also our culture has largely forgotten that the job of parents is not just to care for children but to raise adults. Kids are not given opportunities to practice adulthood in small, low-stakes doses. The result is college students who flame out with too much alcohol and no decision-making skills. (Which I see on a regular basis.)

I'm sure many will be horrified to hear that I gave my child a hot-glue gun at age 5 1/2. grin