In the first study to experimentally investigate the phenomenon, researchers say it’s the unfulfilled ambitions of moms and …
helicopter parents
Are Your Kids Safe Alone at the Park?
Lenore Skenazy, an advocate of “free-range parenting” is proclaiming Saturday a self-declared international holiday: “Take Our Children to the Park…And Leave Them There Day.”
Why an Easter Egg Hunt Brought Out the Worst in Helicopter Parents
Easter egg hunts are for kids. But when pushy parents in Colorado muscled their way in and grabbed all the eggs — for their children, of course — an annual hunt was canceled.
Growing Up: Free-Range Kids or Smother Mother?
How’s a parent to know when a child is old enough to cross the street — or, in Laura Dekker’s case, the ocean — alone?