I'll Take My Steak Rare, Cut in Microscopic Pieces

I don't think a day goes by that I don't call up about a line that Lisa Belkin wrote in the New York Times two or three years ago. In an article about overparenting and the self-esteem generation used to getting praise at every turn, she asked Are we raising kids who are prepared for college, but not for life? I think about it when my 8-year-old refuse…