When to draw the line?

When I read that parents have to draw a fine line between protecting their children and overprotecting their children, I am reminded that our schools, army camps, government etc may overprotect our people.

For example, in the army camp, recruits enjoy welfare like sleeping on branded King Koil mattress, taking air-conditioned ferry services to camp, eating commercial-standard chicken rice etc. In stark contrast, based on stories or accounts from army recruits 30 years ago, the recruits slept on unbranded low-end mattress, eat horrible food cooked by inexperienced cooks and took open-air ships (called RPL) to camp. Could this welfare be excessive? Are we spending too much money on material stuff and not focusing on the emotional and training needs of our recruits?

30 years ago, I understand that pregnant ladies go for medical checkup only a few times during pregnancy. Now, pregnant woman go for check up at least every month. Are we paranoid and wasting too much time and money on checkup? Do we over-exaggerate our minor illness or pain or do we over-value our life?

The reasons for this excessive care in our society, be it army camp or hospitals could be due to the emergence of the rare Singaporean due to our low birth rate, too much funds in the army camp or in family, the higher expectations of highly educated parents and the power of media. Could this ultimately be good for our society?