Overprotective parents stunt maturity

I just read something that rings so true: "the current culture of parenting may prevent children from experiencing just enough hard knocks to train them in weathering the stormy transition from living at home to living independently. Contemporary perspectives of children as fragile may cause parents to be unable to do the type of "tough love" limit setting sometimes required to force a child out of the warm, though stifling comfort of the nest into the cold, but fresh air of an independent life. Teens who can't leave home, or adult children who return can create shaming dynamics for both themselves and for their parents.''

That's from Dr. Joshua Coleman, an expert in parenting and families and author of a new book: "WHEN PARENTS HURT: Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don’t Get Along.'' Writing on The Huffington Post, Coleman lays out how today's parenting style treats kids as too fragile and is overprotective, so children extend adolescence and don't learn how to be mature.

Another book I just received and skimmed through brings up a related point. "For Parents Only: Getting Inside the Head of Your Kid'' surveyed teenagers in focus groups and on the street, and found that 77 percent of them want their parents to enforce rules and be a parent as opposed to a friend.

Agree, or disagree?