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    How Does It Feel to Grow Up with Helicopter Parents?

    January 6, 2019

    A young man writes to tell us — and the world. Basically, it feels like you’re trapped, distrusted and infantilized.…

    4-Year-Olds Are Ready for the World!

    January 3, 2019

    You might not be ready to let your 4-year-old go out and meet the world, but developmentally, they’re ready to…

    Is It Wrong for a Child, Almost 10, to Do Some Work as a Mother’s Helper?

    January 1, 2019

    Can a kid, almost 10, work as a “mother’s helper” for a few hours a week, doing stuff like folding…

    There IS an Alternative to Stressed Out, Guilty, “Relentless” Parenting

    December 30, 2018

    The New York Times article on the relentless demands on parents drew over 1400 comments. The Times then printed 4…

    The Exacting, Exhausting Expectations of Parenting Today

    December 28, 2018

    If the expectation is for moms to breastfeed exclusively, make their own baby food and always be playing with, reading…

    Mom Who Let Her Kids, 7 and 3, Walk to Bakery Down the Block is Told Not To Do That Again Till They are 12

    December 24, 2018

    Katharina Nuss, visited by child protective services for trusting her kids out of her line of sight for 3 minutes…

    Kids Vomit and Pass Out With Fear as Sheriff Puts School on Lockdown, Never Mentioning It’s Just a DRILL

    December 20, 2018

    The idea of school shootings seems to have unhinged a Florida sheriff who put an entire high school on “Code…

    “A Budding Movement” — Watch Us on PBS NewsHour!

    December 18, 2018

    Here we are! Click and enjoy!

    The Annual Worst Helicopter Parenting Moments List!

    December 16, 2018

    School kids forbidden to touch snow, college students forbidden to hike in the woods, a mom investigated for letting her…

    Electronic Ankle Monitor Used to Track Work-Release Felons Now Available to Parents of Teens

    December 12, 2018

    A Florida company has started selling electronic ankle monitors to the parents of teens. The monitors  cannot be removed. “Hardened…

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