Why the obsession with our kids' happiness may be dooming them to unhappy adulthoods

Absolute must read article from The Atlantic magazine.  Iignore the therapy related talk in the first few paragraphs and continue reading. There are some great insights afterwards.

How to Land Your Kid in Therapy

Why the obsession with our kids’ happiness may be dooming them to unhappy adulthoods. A therapist and mother reports.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/07/how-to-land-your-kid-in-therapy/8555/

Also read,  Parentree's own article on a similar vein

As parents, we often hear about over-parenting - parents who are trying to control and manage every little aspect of their children's life. But there is also such a thing as under-parenting? Yes, there is. Read on to see if you are under-parenting.

http://www.parentree.in/Parentree-editors/journal-3087/Under-parenting---Are-you-guilty-of-it-.html