Tag: helicopter parenting
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10 Parental Behaviors That Trigger Childhood Anxiety
Here are some ways parents’ actions may cause anxious children. Raising children is an experience unlike any other. It’s filled with both rewards and challenges. One particular challenge is that parents might inadvertently cause childhood anxiety. It’s an event that happens more often than most parents realize. It’s also accidental, with parents not knowing how…
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10 Behaviors of Bulldozer Parents
The bulldozer parent is a relatively recent parenting style. Much like the heavy machinery that clears vast swathes of land, these parents push aside any obstacle, challenge, or discomfort in their child’s path. While the intention is to create a smooth, unobstructed terrain for their offspring, the aftermath often resembles a barren wasteland. In their…
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15 Behaviors That Reveal Someone is Neurotic
Are you neurotic, or does someone you know have characteristics of being afflicted by neurosis? Shockingly, this term has been used since the early 1700s to describe a person that tends to be a bit irrational or mental. The crux of this issue is that the individual is trying to manage an underlying anxiety disorder…
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Stanford Dean Reveals The Single Parenting Trait That Ruins Child Development
Julia Lythcott-Haims is the former Dean of Freshmen at Stanford University. Indeed, she may be one of the most important figures in bringing forth – and potentially solving – a prolific trait of parents that may threaten their children’s psychological and emotional well-being. While at Stanford, Lythcott-Haims was taken aback by the continuously-improving academic talent…