I am not a parent, but, I have a question with regard to parents' perspective toward young adult children.

"You'll never make it in the real world"
"I don't know how you'll ever make it in the real world"
"You don't know anything about the real world!"

You get the idea.

I have heard this line more than a few times, toward myself when I expressed being overwhelmed with my studies; toward a close friend of mine on the heels of what seemed to me to be more of a mis-communication than an outright display of incompetence.

Have you ever said this to your kids? If so, why? What are your thoughts on saying it?