Let's take a look at but one more example of this phenomenon.

When it comes to child-rearing, it appears that many Baby-Boomer parents are doing a huge disservice to society, while also causing irreparable harm to their children by keeping them in a perpetual state of dependency, even well into adulthood.

There is a disturbing new trend in this country of parents becoming deeply involved in decisions that should be made solely by their adult children. These parents are referred to as "helicopter parents" because they constantly hover over their grown children, whether they are young adults in college, or recent graduates with degrees in hand, setting out for their first big job interview.

These parents are not just offering a few meager scraps of wisdom to their child on how to conduct themselves during an interview, or some morsel of scholarly advice on how to negotiate your first salary. No, the parental involvement by many Baby Boomers far exceeds anything that anyone with an ounce of common sense would consider healthy. Some of these helicopter parents even went so far as to admit living vicariously through their children, saying they were simply raising their children the way they wanted to be raised.

In an interview with ABC, Marcia Harris - Director of Career Services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel hill stated that she has had more phone calls lately from parents of seniors than she has ever had in her 24 years of helping students with career counseling and advice.

For many of these helicopter parents, their brand of parental interference isn't confined to their child's campus life. Besides injecting themselves in their child's education and career development activities, helicopter parents are attending job interviews, and even insisting on a seat at the table during their adult child's salary negotiations.

When I visualize this parental hovering, I am reminded of my youth, and can't help but think how mortified I would have been as a young man trying to land my first big job. I mean, can you imagine Johnny's mother telling his interviewer that her son could do just a tad better than his company's offer of an entry level salary...

"Well, my son went to Harvard..."

This trend of overbearing parenting has now become so prevalent, that big companies like Ernst & Young have begun to involve these parents in the hiring process. Ernst & Young are now giving out what they call "parent packs" complete with salary and benefit information tailored specifically for the parents of the prospective candidate. Other companies have also begun welcoming parents at job fairs, giving them tours of the workplace, and sending parents copies of their written offers.

This madness doesn't even end when the child of a helicopter parent actually lands the job.

Some companies are now reporting that parents are calling to complain about how their children are being treated while on the job. Imagine that conversation as this child's employer:

"My Johnny says you made him stay 30 minutes late to finish his project..."

You may think that all of this adds up to good, wholesome parenting. After all, a parent who is willing to take the time to go to their child's job interview is a parent who is deeply invested in the success of their child, aren't they? Many parenting experts strongly disagree and believe this type of over-zealous parent causes significant harm in the long run. It nearly approaches common sense that the ability of a child to cope with life's hardships is severely diminished if their parents are always there to micro-manage their lives in order to spare their child some slight to their self-esteem or wound to their fragile ego.

It used to be -not that long ago- that parents were filled with pride when their children left home to make their mark on the world. Similarly, it used to be that adolescents aspired to rid themselves of parental interference in order to discover themselves; to be their own person. Liberal Baby Boomers - much like they manage wars or govern their constituents- have once again turned everything upside down for everyone else because it feels good.

Nothing good can come from parental hovering. Children raised in this manner will be grossly unprepared to handle the many curve balls that life is sure to throw at them. Their "helicopter parents" should break hover, reposition themselves over the horizon, and allow their children their own chance to take flight.