They seem too scared to me to be content,
too anxious to be thoroughly prepared
for all contingencies and each event.
They seem too scared.

Did parents over-hover? Were they cared
for to ridiculous and ill extent?
What caused their nervousness to be so bared?

Perhaps it was the Internet. What’s meant
to be informative’s too grossly blared?
They’re half-alive avoiding accident.
They seem too scared.

(Roundel)