Over functioning and the shift in parenting

The podcast episode discusses the shift in parenting towards greater over functioning. Initially, parents were categorized as helicopter parents who hovered over their kids. Then, there was a shift to snow plow parents who cleared out obstacles ahead of their children. However, over functioning is not helpful as it makes children less resilient. The podcast emphasizes how children often feel the need to escape from their parents in order to be themselves and highlights that over functioning stems from our own anxiety over the well-being of others.