Yes, Overprotective Parenting Harms Kids

Everyone seems to recognize that overprotective parenting is obnoxious. Most agree that it is probably not good for children. And yet, the trend toward so-called “helicopter parenting” grows stronger each year.

As recently reported on Vox, the “cult of kiddie danger”(link is external) has so completely consumed some parents and government officials that even swings – yes, SWINGS – are now considered too dangerous for some playgrounds. Despite the patent absurdity of such a belief, most of us respond with a sigh and a roll of our eyes, because we’ve seen this coming.

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