When parents are either rarely around, or are trying their best to be a child's best friend, or not permitting their children to struggle, fail, not get a ribbon, we end up with an entire generation of victims, and a group of individuals whose business it is to come up with labels for the victims problem..  Days are gone when a child can be told to "keep your chin up" or "dig a bit deeper".  Those seem minor  but they are not.  Parents  meet with teachers, not to discuss what Little Johnny can do in order to do better, but what can the teacher to do ensure he gets the A in grade 5 math, so it doesn't affect his ability to get into some school later.  Little Johnny has become a math victim.  Can't live with struggling, failing, or falling down when unfortunately, that is what life will bring.  Not always, but for those who don't know how to deal with it, they'll spend thousands sitting on someone's couch, one hour at a time.  Character is no longer part of our society.