Ep 76 | What School Is For, Nation’s Report Card, Free Range Parenting
Lost Debate
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Is Helicopter Parenting Helping Your Child Grow Up?
"My generation has been kind of the test case of what happens when the road is paved for you by your parents," she says. "They're so hyper-involved that they don't let you ever screw up and learn from your own mistakes." Studies have shown that very intense helicopter parenting, even though there are great deposits of getting good advice... it's associated with lower mental well-being,. Rates of depression and anxiety go up, emotional functioning suffers, decision-making suffers, academic functioning suffers".
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