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Helicopter Parents – And Their Longterm Consequences

February 23, 2016 by Leslie Morgan Steiner Leave a Comment

It’s bad enough being a kid with helicopter parents. They can hover over your childhood and adolescence, warping the normal process of growing up, and inflicting enough damage for decades of therapy. In October 2015, the website Reddit asked readers what was the “worst or most embarrassing” thing their parents had put them through. The answers are hilarious – and chilling – and … [Read more...] about Helicopter Parents – And Their Longterm Consequences

70s Childhoods Vs Now – What’s Been Lost

January 11, 2016 by Leslie Morgan Steiner Leave a Comment

I grew up in the 70s. This meant I was lucky to experience childhood long before helicopter parents, abstinence pledges, SAT prep courses and sexting obliterated the myriad reckless joys of American adolescence. Most parents had more than two kids, plus jobs, problems and pressures of their own. Kids’ technology risks consisted primarily of overdosing on The Flintstones and I … [Read more...] about 70s Childhoods Vs Now – What’s Been Lost

Are We Pressure-Cooking Our Kids?

October 16, 2013 by Leslie Morgan Steiner Leave a Comment

The Washington Post doesn’t have a Parenting section, although one might be as, if not more, useful than a Sports section.  But there was an insightful, funny, comforting article about parenting recently in the Health & Science broadsheet.  It was called “A Pre-College Snooze” (great title) and was written by mom Rebecca Lanning.Instead of cataloguing her son’s … [Read more...] about Are We Pressure-Cooking Our Kids?

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