Forever Young

Peter Pan never wanted to grow up, but even he never tried to make a living playing video games. Here’s how perpetual adolescence is producing failing adults.

Adulthood means a lot of things, and maybe the most important is the willingness to put the needs of others—especially our kids—ahead of our own. That’s why it’s alarming that so many parents in America indulge their kids’ immaturities, participating in, maybe even funding them. Such children grow up never realizing they aren’t the center of the universe. And the consequences of that cosmology are ugly.

Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Sarah Needleman describes a new trend of parents who hire video game coaches—yes, I said video game coaches—for their kids. For as much as $20 an hour, experienced gamers will tutor your kids in the finer points of button-mashing.

Evidently, parents are opening their wallets for these coaches. Many hope their kids might even go professional—at playing video games.

One father, disappointed he