Humans Say the Dumbest Things

One of the dumbest things that I hear people say on a regular basis is this "My parents did that and I turned out alright." Yesterday my mom, my sister and I were talking about this. First of all, has anyone else noticed that most of the people who say this do not, in fact, seem like they turned out alright at all? I, at least, have heard this mostly from people who seem to have quite a lot of highly undesirable qualities. Second, is it just me or should the goal of parenting be a little more than children that are "alright"? Shouldn't we be aiming for children who are happy, healthy, well-adjusted, productive, etc? I don't think any of those things are implied by the term "alright".