The Lord of the Rings - The End of the World

"It's not healthy to always be under your parents' protection, right? Forever," he says. "You know, eventually you've got to become an adult yourself and be able to stand up and handle problems on your own." In the Lord of the Rings books, Gandalf is often seen as a mentor for his young heroes. But at some point in their lives they have to step up and deal with things themselves; Bilbo did this with Gollum.