A few simple observations of Croatian children playing on playgrounds and their guardian's responses to injuries sends David into deep introspection and yet another rant about how Americans are destroying their children's competitive edge.  The second generation of everyone gets a trophy, banning homework and coddling the living shit out of their progeny.  Michelle weighs in and couldn't agree more.  The answer to why American kids are not the majority in their own Ivy League colleges is pretty simple.  Yet we still watch as parents disable their children with a strange sense of urgency and then lament, surprised, dismayed, perplexed, at how their kids didn't get accepted into quality colleges, or into any college at all.  Entitlement is always at the root of these behaviors and their subsequent outcomes and it starts at a young age, guided by strong parents. 

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