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Can These Parents Be Saved: The Growing Backlash Against Over-Parenting
Can These Parents Be Saved: The Growing Backlash Against Over-Parenting
The insanity crept up on us slowly; we just wanted what was best for our kids. We bought macrobiotic cupcakes and hypoallergenic socks, hired tutors to correct a 5-year-old's "pencil-holding deficiency," hooked up broadband connections in the treehouse but took down the swing set after the ...
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Our "Courageous Parenting" team of experts, ready to help you move beyond "helicopter parenting"
MojoMom — ... I had already been planning to announce our final roster of Courageous Parenting anthology contributors, and today turns out to be the perfect day to do so, as this week's new Time Magazine cover story by Nancy Gibbs puts an exclamation point on the idea that it's time to end the age of overparenting. Authors including Lenore Skenazy of ...

Our "Courageous Parenting" team of experts, ready to help you move beyond "helicopter parenting."
MojoMom — ... I had already been planning to announce our final roster of Courageous Parenting anthology contributors, and today turns out to be the perfect day to do so, as this week's new Time Magazine cover story by Nancy Gibbs puts an exclamation point on the idea that it's time to end the age of overparenting. Authors including Lenore Skenazy of ...

links for 2009-11-20
Parent Hacks — ... The backlash against over-parenting - TIME Helicopter parenting has made the cover of Time Magazine.

Parents: Time to Land the Helicopters
Strollerderby — ... Time’s cover story this week hails a “new revolution” in parenting. It’s a revolution without a name, a banner or a clear leader, but with a lot of followers. Alternately called ...

Are mom blogs the antidote to helicopter parenting?
BabyCenter: MOMformation — Here’s a long-but-interesting article on what is starting to be seen as the backlash against helicopter parenting. By helicopter parenting, they’re referring to the tendency of today’s parents to approach child rearing less like human development and more like product development, always trying to improve performance. And by backlash, they are referring to all the movements out there, like ...

I feel like Forrest Gump walking through the history of Overparenting
MojoMom — ... Remember how Forrest Gump walked through famous scenes in history, perhaps not even realizing it at the time? That's how I feel after reading Nancy Gibb's Time Magazine cover story about The Case Against Over-Parenting. ...

Be a Better Parent
Fit Pregnancy-Ask the Labor Nurse — ... hours and won t require my attention or input at all. As a matter of fact, my input would spoil it for her. Why? Because our family learned long ago that the balance between stuff to do (i.e. music lessons, sports, etc) and nothing to do is key to having kids who self-entertain, think creatively and enjoy spending time alone. Oh sure, my kids have plenty of stuff to do but they also have plenty of down time to mess around. Last week, Time magazine published an article called, The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting , about what happens to kids (and parents) whose ...

Landing the Helicopter
New Jersey Moms Blog — ... It wasn't an entirely conscious decision. My peers and I are not part of a group with a catchy name like Time Magazine suggests. We are just trying our best to do the best by our kids and that means letting them grow, naturally- into people who can take care of themselves. As painful as it may be for their parents.  ...

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