Great read, it is sadly true that parents these days are so controlling that their children have no idea how to function without them.
I was very overprotective with my first but as I have had had more children I have grown as a mother and now push them to experience things on their own. Let them makes mistakes and take chances while they are young and let them learn from this. If hey never fail it will hit them hard when they become adults and make the realisation that not everything can be controlled for them.