Parents are being asked by schools, communities with no oublic services, and the car-centric environment to be absolutely obsessed with their kids. 24/7 cheaufers. It's horrid for children. And then the teachers and school admins aren't even trustworthy, they just happily email your parents everything you say to them. The overton window has shifted such that the opinion that your children are your property is the liberal take in America, meanwhile in Europe you can drink, drive, and fuck before you've even graduated - even though the housing crisis does prevent living life to the fullest.