Over-Parenting, Hyper-Parenting | Hovering Parents Gone Wild

RedTracker| This week’s TIME magazine is focused on over-parenting, hyper-parenting and helicopter parenting.

Clearly children need guidance and support systems. But we have no evidence that kids are performing better in the basic skills of life, as a result of the relentless pressures that modern parents put on them to be the best at everything.

In reality, we have every reason to be concerned that American kids are falling behind, certainly in academic scores if not confidence. Read on Over-Parenting, Hyper-Parenting for Sane Children & Better Marriage, Try Slow Parenting.