As my kids get older and start making life decisions I find myself having something on the order of 10x anxiety over their decisions and future than I did for myself when I was that age. Maybe its because I always had control of my own life - I could always study harder, work harder, etc. Or maybe its because I was just blissfully ignorant. But having gained experience and a degree knowlege of the world it is so difficult to watch your kids start to go through it. How does everyone cope with this?