I'VE WONDERED ABOUT THAT MYSELF: How Did We Survive Childhood Before the ’90s Safety Nannies Came Along?

But it’s worth thinking about the consequences of raising a generation or two of bubble kids and definitely worth considering how we can give our kids more unstructured time to invent, to create, and to imagine — to just be – free from structure and hovering helicopter parents. Because it’s becoming apparent that all the hovering and over-parenting, rather than helping our kids, has led to a generation of approval-seeking, naval-gazing, adult dependents who cannot navigate the world of adulthood without Buzzfeed or a government official telling them what to do and what to think about everything.

Well said. I think my children were the last generation to grow up 'nanny-free' -- but just barely.