America's youth are in crisis. Raised by well-meaning but overprotective parents and coddled by well-meaning but misbegotten government programs, they are ill-equipped to survive in a highly-competitive global economy. Many of the coming-of-age rituals that have defined the American experience since the founding - learning the value of working, leaving home to start a family, becoming economically self-reliant - are being delayed or skipped altogether. The statistics are daunting: 30% of college students drop out after the first year, and only four in ten graduate. One in three 18-to-34 year-olds live with their parents.