That is part of western culture. From the east, we see it as valuing independence. In the East, parents sacrifice pretty much everything for their kids. They w

That is part of western culture. From the east, we see it as valuing independence. In the East, parents sacrifice pretty much everything for their kids. They watch over them and will do anything i.e selling their homes/draining retirement accounts or working extra hard so the kids can go to really good schools, have downpayment for their first homes etc. Here what is valued is community. But as the society keeps evolving things are changing in the East as well. We are slowly becoming westernized as well. There is nothing wrong with either approach. It depends on which culture you are born and brought up in.