Generation Gaps

A <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/well/mind/parenting-adult-children-boundaries.html?unlocked_article_code=OYAMOzT2URnGgdHFB-IsV1KGDlIOQ42KVm1uwxoE0zJY2uDmmRLE3Omgdd_1bz4xg_OK4D_gdlMoFj9-zHwo6LBLBf1SxBUql85QIYsfk33bJHkUE6MUM0TUtChVz3w_IAvp7lzZFOLZbwFB-4Xdqdib9BvfWU2o5dF-aW1eLacmI2_L49plPCwNjw3PHOTkUFLaX3B-ah9UYD8izqQlgv6njjpWwcwlGD66uq69_Luvk3xVoJR9r9YUW-_K1jNsNhASnQoL7dNmItS79ALSWVjXRRY9B3KGtQ0xxN4g1MFkUi0sXUFobLAmoo-RZlHCbTfqEMHHTh_xnq5_KUvXhPLLx6sh4lx77LMvr4zngA&amp;giftCopy=3_Independent&amp;smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New York <i>Times </i>newsletter item</a> suggesting that today's adult kids are doing better than their parents think they are got us obsessing about what it really means to be independent and launch into the world, both today and in past generations.