[lovecraft]

"they were raised in a culture obsessed with self-esteem and feel-good mantras such as "Believe in yourself, and you can be anything" and "Never give up on your dreams."

So it's my parent's and society's fault that I didn't end up an astronaut? Cool! Who do I sue?

And all this time I thought it was all the beer and girls I chased in college!

[Little Bill]

My kid is GenX, an independent SOB if there ever was one. He knows he is going to get screwed and therefore is very Conservative, family oriented, and hates rats, what more could you ask for in a Son. He also learns from his mistakes and never repeats them.