Wrapping children in cotton wool

Some parents say they want their children to grow up to be independent, even courageous. But their behaviour actually tells kids the reverse. 

BUBBLE babies. We're raising a generation of bubble babies. From the moment our children are conceived, we try to wrap them in plastic packing. An Arlington, Virginia woman stops drinking coffee when she's pregnant. A dad in Fairfax installs computer spyware to check the Web sites his daughter visits.