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Are You a Helicopter Parent When It Comes to Media?

by the editors at Common Sense Media, Posted May 3rd 2011 11:00AM

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No one wants to be known as a helicopter parent. Credit: Corbis Nobody wants to be labeled a helicopter parent -- a hyper-vigilant mom or dad who micromanages her or his child's every ...Trying to control everything your kid sees, plays, and listens to might not be doing your kid any favors.
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Want to Win Custody? Become a Helicopter Parent

by Lenore Skenazy, Posted Aug 31st 2010 11:00AM

What do you call a dad who texts his kid 30 times a day and photographs each message? Quite possibly "the winner" -- in divorce court. Increasingly, courts are defining "good parenting" as "helicopter parenting," says Gaia Bernstein, a Seton ...
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How 'Hyper Parenting' Is Creating Stressed and Anxious Kids

by Shelley White, Posted Feb 3rd 2010 4:30PM

If you are reading this blog right now, chances are good you know what "co-sleeping", "crying-it-out" and "attachment parenting" means. It's likely that you have uttered the words "Baby Einstein," "milestones," "Montessori" and "time-out." You could ...
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"Dad, I'm late. Fire up the jet!"

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Mar 8th 2008 10:00AM

Critics of our generation say that we hover over our kids too much, that we're overprotective, that we don't let them experience the consequences of their behavior. I have no idea how we got that reputation. Oh wait, yes I do. We got it by doing ...
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