[Negitivefrags]

So you are saying that the problem with young adults not being independent enough is that they were too independent of their parents as a child?

That doesn't sound right to me.

[atroche]

It might be that the skills involved in being independent (e.g. good habits around money / food / exercise / socialising / working) don't just come naturally but need to be inculcated from an early age at the cost of significant parental investment.

[cjbassi]

If they're too independent as children, they aren't taught how to be successful people, and then as young adults they end up relying on their parents as life becomes more difficult.