I’d always thought that being a parent is, in part, a teaching job. When my children were little and we tramped through the woods, planted flowers in our garden, or poured water into successively smaller bath cups, I spoke to them constantly and shared what I knew, putting in what I hoped would be a [...]
The Difference Between Authoritative Parenting and Over-Parenting
August 7, 2012 | Posted by
Phrases like “tiger mom” and “helicopter parent” have made their way into everyday language. But does over-parenting hurt, or help? While parents who are clearly and embarrassingly inappropriate come in for ridicule, many of us find ourselves drawn to the idea that with just a bit more parental elbow grease, we might turn out children [...]
