A writing drenched in a pool of hard truths. Every single word you said there, is relatable. Parents are so busy in building their children the way they want, they so often forget that those children are human beings too. In our culture, most children all the expectations that their parents couldn't fulfill for themselves. If the parents were unable to become doctors or engineers, they expect their children to become one of these. All the while not caring at all about what the child wants. And children die under the weight of those expectations which they never wanted to follow.
Our society sees no difference between Iphone's Siri and young children. Both are dumb, cannot make their own decisions, drive them the way you like. And in turn, a whole generation of walking dead bodies are being brought up, a generation from which their interests, hobbies, passions are soaked out of.
We are not to succeed as human beings nor we can advance our society until we stop producing a bunch of robots who have forgotten how vast the world is, instead of actually bringing up a new generation of humans. As long as children aren't valued of their presence and appreciated at all, they are bound to go astray. Because he who couldn't get the love of his family, can only gain so much of love.
That's the reality of our society. Setting boundaries is necessary but making it hard for our kids is not. I can say, many kids and teens will look back and hate their childhood. This trauma is the prime reason to go in a circle because it's hard to get out of this. Alas, we could understand that.
Not everyone can be a good student, good-looking, or have high social skills; we need to accept them too.
Thanks for adding your words. Have a great day.