Are children growing up more slowly than ever before?

Are children growing up more slowly than ever before?
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Helicopter parenting are messing up our children. I was a freedom fighter (class clown) ever since grade 5 where the teachers expected us to fully eat the B.S. that they shoved down our throats.
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