I Missed Something Along The Way

What is it that we missed along the way? We have tried to protect our children growing up.
Did we try to hard and not give them the freedom they needed to grow ? Is it now they don't
know what to do with it, or are they trying to get back at us for trying to do the right thing?
I hate my daughters boyfriend with a passion. Do we want to much from them ? Can we
over look the bad and find the good qualities in this guy ? I honestly don't know if that is possible.