I respect that, with no kids of my own, I'm not in the position to comment much further.
But I think that not enough kids, adults, etc...get the message that no one ever said life is gonna be easy. And as a boss I see so many employees who just can't deal with adversity.
Growing up, my parents were always there for me, but I was generally taught to solve my own problems and that you won't always get your own way. My parents philosophy was that the teachers weren't being hard enough on me, and that they should have been harder. The teachers I thank to this day are the toughest ones, most notably my grade 4 teacher who kept me in detention every day until I learned math. I despised her at the time. Truly, the turning point in my life, I went from one of the dumb kids to the smart kids because she rode my ass every day and made me learn stuff I didn't think I could learn. The rest is history.
I think it served me well.