WHY THIS POPULAR PARENTING TACTIC HAS LED TO ABSOLUTE DISASTER FOR GEN Z

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Segment 1:

• 77% of Gen Z brought a parent to a job interview—”lawnmower parenting” at its peak.

• Parents are doing kids’ chores and even handling workplace disputes for them.

• Kid-centered homes are crippling resilience and robbing work ethic.

Segment 2:

• Hard work is essential for fulfillment, but kids are being shielded from it.

• Failure is a necessary teacher—Christian parents must resist overprotection.

• True maturity comes from responsibility, not comfort.

Segment 3:

• “Neurodiversity” is being used as a catch-all term with political baggage.

• No uniform criteria exist—definitions are fluid and agenda-driven.

• Adopting secular therapeutic labels in the church risks compromising truth.

Segment 4:

• Venezuela hosts a massive “March for Jesus” rally.

• A Baltimore judge gives no jail time for assault of elderly pro-life advocates.

• 1 in 5 pastors have considered self-harm or suicide in the last year.

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0:00.0	Wretched Radio begins in three, two, one.
0:07.0	Your first mission is to keep yourself happy.
0:11.0	It's living for self that is so exhausting and frustrating
0:14.0	because you were made to live for him.
0:18.0	So when you begin to please him, you begin to thrive.
0:21.9	It's not a burden.
0:23.1	It's not a duty.
0:24.2	It's a joy.
0:25.1	I come alive.
0:25.9	This is what I was made for.
0:27.0	It's time for Rretched Radio with Todd Friel.
0:31.3	Not that we needed this report.
0:34.7	This is Wretched Radio.
0:37.3	Survey says... Are those helicopters? What is this? Helicopters?
0:42.2	What is that? Those are parents in the 21st century. It looks like this whole helicopter parenting thing has not been working out so well. Although I don't know if you know this,
0:55.2	but helicopter parenting transition. Can we use the word transition? Helicopter parenting.
1:05.6	We assigned that piece of equipment, the name helicopter, But it can be whatever it wants to be.
1:12.7	Helicopter parenting actually transitioned into a lawnmower parenting,
1:17.9	where the parents don't just hover.
1:20.6	They get in front of the kids and they clear the path for them.
1:24.6	So everything is smooth sailing.
1:26.6	I think I mixed my metaphor. But the point is,
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