And I think one of the things that I kept seeing the longer I was there was that there was this sense of entitlement that was bolstered by what we called helicopter parents - that were always there to smooth things over, to make excuses, to pass the buck.

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We sit out front, on stone steps polished smooth from centuries of just such sitting, and dine whilst watching locals pass by.

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