They talk about revolutions and changing the system but in reality they just want to transfer the qualities of their safe-space to other environments.
This is a brilliant analysis. It's as if the Buddha, instead of leaving the nursery, demanded that his palace be taken with him everywhere he went. Thousands of years ago this would have seemed absurd. Now kids are pampered enough to think it's possible.
My theory is it all starts with those godawful child safety seats. It's not enough that kids get driven around in a steel and upholstery carriage. They've then got to be put into a special throne, strapped in and tied down just so, as if they were both as valuable as a Fabergé egg and as fragile. For the first decade of their lives they have to be fussed over like this. It's required by law!
These are formative experiences. Is it any wonder that by the time they leave for college, they're terrified of anything that smells of risk or harm?
As the wife of a former law enforcement officer and mom of 5, I agree with the child safety seats. I've seen way too many pictures of mangled babies who were ejected from a vehicle because they were strapped in with an adult-sized seat belt. I've also seen kids survive who were ejected in a car seat. It's a pain sometimes, but the seats and seatbelts were designed for adults, thus the need for car seats for little people.