Yeah, I get all that. Let me rephrase. Why are you singling out parents of teenagers on this?

Using your own example, said parental behavior did not start when the kid morphed into a teenager. It's been going on their whole lives from infancy. And causing anxiety all along the way. I'm not trying to claim expertise I don't have, I'm not a sociologist. But I am the parent of a teen who has been in the parenting circles and group stuff, as you do, and I'm well familiar with the fallout of helicopter parenting. I've seen exactly what you're describing.

Is the focus on parents of teenagers because you worked with teenagers professionally or because you think the anxiety can only be handled once they become a teenager, or because you don't think there should be intervention before it becomes clinical anxiety somewhere around early adulthood?

Why the focus on parents of teenagers rather than just parents or parents of toddlers where these patterns get established?

It just seems to me that when it comes to messes, it's better to nip it in the bud than clean up after it's a real problem, psychological or otherwise.