<p>The author isn’t mocking anyone. He’s a psychologist in the business of helping young people who need guidance who happened to write a book about his observations.
He’s also not saying that the problem is “too much,” but rather not the right thing.
All you need to do is read some of the recent threads on CC to know that he definitely has an audience. Just because he isn’t dealing with the problems of poverty and neglect doesn’t make his observations trivial. It’s what the author knows- why wouldn’t he share it, even if there are other pressing needs in our society as well?
Frankly, I’m surprised by how many parents on this thread are so critical of the author when they haven’t read his work. I’m nearly 60 and have raised two kids, read dozens of books on child rearing, have a degree in child-development and a teaching credential, several years of teaching under my belt, and I still learned a lot from his book.<br>
Our world is different than it was when we were growing up in it, and an effort to understand how that might affect our own kids is worth exploring. I can understand not agreeing - ok. But to dismiss the effort to understand? I don’t get that at all.</p>