Two new parenting terms arrived on my radar this month, and they’re both the antithesis to so-called ‘helicopter parenting’.
A helicopter parent is defined as someone who’s closely involved in their child’s life, but in an over-controlling way, particularly as far as education’s concerned.
Experts have been cautioning against this way of parenting for some time now – it’s not great for some aspects of kids’ development, it also seems like a recipe for burnout for all involved – so it’s perhaps no ...
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