To think that the dream is to raise emotionally secure children and that this is one of the greatest challenges facing the world today?

[OneClearWillow]

It feels like the ultimate goal is to raise kids who feel secure in themselves, emotionally healthy and self-assured. But it seems like capitalism is putting so much pressure on families that many children are growing up disconnected. Could this be one of the biggest issues in the West today? And is it a challenge that we’re really addressing?

I agree you don't have go chose one. There was a thread on here a while ago were it was asked if you would prefer your child to be intelligent or kind. I was shocked that most people said intelligent and a lot of the comments were just about getting on well in the working world.
It's also seen on here a lot how working should be prioritised over children, such as a thread about a mum in trouble for taking time off work with her sick child and a lot of comments were about how she needs to find childcare rather than care for her own sick child.

Capitalism encourages rampant individualism which, depending on your perspective either makes people selfish or healthily self reliant but it does at least encourage people to think for themselves, unlike more monolithic systems of government where there's only one approved way of looking at the world
@Thepeopleversuswork - it capitalism has become the one approved way of looking at the world. People are judged on income. It’s considered odd to do things for altruistic reasons. It’s as much of a monolith as any other system.