In defense of helicopter parents: Why we're right to be anxious
Los Angeles Times -

This column is the latest in a series on parenting children in the final years of high school, “Emptying the Nest.” Read the previous installment, about relearning how to be alone at home, here. I recently saw a headline in the New York Times that I thought was the answer to my prayers: “Anxious Parents Are the Ones Who Need Help.” Yes, please, I thought, hoping to find acknowledgment of all the very real forces that can turn any parent into an anxious mess. Things like school shootings,...

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