A culture of infantilism

"having an internal locus of control is associated with less stress and better health, whereas having an external locus of control is correlated with anxiety disorders. Importantly, an internal locus of control appears to be a decisive factor in determining whether one will be psychologically resilient."

We are all ultimately in control of our own destiny. To lose sight of this is to live forever like an infant, at the mercy of those who feed us, bathe is, and manipulate us in ever possible way. Adulthood means making all those choices, for better or worse, taking control over ourselves.

Life calls us forth to independence, and anyone who does not heed this call because of childhood laziness or timidity is threatened with neurosis. And once this has broken out, it becomes an increasingly valid reason for running away from life and remaining forever in the morally poisonous atmosphere of infancy. --Carl Jung