💡 Life Tip - Helicopter Parenting (Issue #75)

It's not helping your children grow

I touched a nerve with a comment I made about helicopter parenting the other day. It wasn’t meant to make some parents feel guilty about their parenting style! But I think we all do better when we know better.

A helicopter parent (also called a cosseting parent or simply a cosseter) is a term for a parent who is overattentive and overly fearful of a chi…